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The Indian community in Kuwait includes Indian expats (mostly hailing from the southern states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu), as well as Kuwaiti citizens of Indian origin. According to the Indian ministry of external affairs, there are around 1,020,000 Indians as on 31 December 2020, [ 9 ] constituting the largest expatriate community in Kuwait.
Expatriates account for around 60% of Kuwait's total population, with Kuwaitis constituting 38%-42% of the total population. The government and some Kuwaiti citizens consider the proportion of expatriates (which has been relatively stable since the mid-1970s) to be a problem, and in 2016 the number of deportations increased. [1]
The number of Syrians in Kuwait is estimated at 161,000 estimated (2020) and are mainly "Syrian expatriates who have overstayed in Kuwait". [2] They were granted special one-year emergency permits in 2015 on the grounds that their work contracts had terminated, and they were hence unable to renew their passports due to technical issues at the ...
The Kuwait–Philippine diplomatic crisis has caused further problems of mistreatment of Filipino migrants as some of them tried to enter Kuwait through illegal routes. [28] Home to more than 250,000 migrant workers from the Philippines, approximately 60% of whom work in domestic labor, and Kuwait is a top source of remittance for the ...
A recent proposal by a Kuwaiti lawmaker restricts all expats to only five years residence in Kuwait, all expats will be deported after living 5 years in Kuwait. [12] Another Kuwaiti lawmaker recently called for the deportation of 1.4 million expats, the lawmaker believes 280,000 expats should be deported annually. [ 13 ]
Indian are the most numerous expat group in Kuwait, [5] consisting of a number of Muslims, Christians, Hindus, Sikhs and Buddhists. Muslims account for the largest number of expatriates in Kuwait. [6] Members of religious groups not mentioned in the Quran, such as Hindus, Sikhs and Buddhists, are not allowed to build official places of worship ...
In 2016, Kuwait was the sixth-largest destination of Overseas Filipino workers, with 90,000 hired or rehired in the nation in 2011, and accordingly Kuwait has been an important source of remittances back to the Philippines, with over $105 million USD being remitted in 2009.
Pakistan Business Center Kuwait, Kuwait Online Shopping Website. Kuwait Urdu News, Leading Urdu News Paper in Kuwait; HalaPakistan.com, a portal site for Pakistanis in Kuwait; Urdu Kuwait - Kuwait Urdu News & Updates, the First online Urdu News Website in Kuwait; Pakistan Business Forum Kuwait Archived 2011-01-02 at the Wayback Machine