Kuwait to Issue Bill to Reduce Expat Workers Numbers

Kuwait to Issue Bill to Reduce Expat Workers Numbers

Published September 23rd, 2020 - 12:00 GMT

































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The bill authorizes the Cabinet to specify the maximum number of expatriate workers that the country needs, as well as the maximum number of expatriates of every nationality within six months after the ratification of the bill.















A Kuwaiti parliamentary committee has finalized a bill to reduce the number of expatriate workers in the country as part of the recent efforts to address the "demographic imbalance“ in the country.

Giving the details of the bill,