Government to blacklist residence traders and illegal labor firms
Efforts are ramping up against residency violators, residency traders, and their affiliated companies to reform Kuwait’s demographic structure.
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The Ministry of Interior, Public Authority for Manpower, and Public Authority for Civil Information are now collecting data on arrested or deported residency violators and irregular workers, and investigating their sponsors and employers.
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The Ministry of Interior’s new measures are designed to enforce the law and deter individuals and companies from engaging in residency permit trading or violating labor laws.
In line with the government campaign launched by the Ministry of Interior under the directives of Sheikh Fahd Al-Yousef, First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense, and Minister of Interior, and in collaboration with relevant government agencies, efforts are intensifying against residency violators, residency traders, and their associated companies. This initiative aims to adjust the country’s demographic structure, according to Al Jarida newsapaper.
Key sectors within the Ministry of Interior, the Public Authority for Manpower, and the Public Authority for Civil Information have started collecting data on residency violators who have been arrested or deported, as well as other irregular workers. These agencies are investigating their sponsors and the companies that brought them into the country.
Companies found engaging in residency trade will be blacklisted, prohibiting any future residency dealings, and their files will be permanently closed with the Ministry of Manpower. Additionally, penalties, fines, and legal action will be imposed on these companies for facilitating illegal work practices.
Government sources told Al Jarida newspaper that the Ministry of Interior’s new measures are designed to enforce the law and deter individuals and companies from engaging in residency permit trading or violating labor laws.
The sources confirmed that campaigns will continue in worker-dense areas, particularly in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh, Mahboula, and other regions, to apprehend violators and deport them after the deadline for regularizing their status has expired.
A field survey by the Civil Information Department revealed thousands of residency violators who entered the country years ago, many of whom lack specific employment and are untraceable at the addresses registered in the authority’s records.
