Cairo: More than 158,000 expats have left Kuwait since March, and the figure is expected to be successful at 1.5 million by the end of the year, Kuwaiti newspaper Al Rai, which presented official statistics, reported on Friday.
Foreigners account for nearly 3.4 million of Kuwait’s 4.8 million inhabitants.
In recent months, there has been an exodus of migrant workers from the Gulf countries amid an outbreak of the new coronavirus that has taken a toll on the economy.
Many expats have left Kuwait due to monetary difficulties after several personal sector corporations ended up with many of their workers due to monetary losses incurred as a result of COVID-19, Al Rai said.
Another explanation of why it is the government’s resolve to update foreigners with Kuwaitis in jobs, a policy that has led large numbers of expats to leave for their home countries. Some 158,031 passengers, mainly from Egypt and India, departed Kuwait from 16 March to 9 July on a total of ninenine3 flights, a well-informed source of the Directorate-General for Civil Aviation said.
“The figure is expected to increase with the re-operation of the airport [in Kuwait] early next month. The number of foreign nationals leaving the country is expected to succeed at approximately 1.5 million until the end of the existing year,” he added. added source.
In recent months, several Kuwaiti public figures have accused expats, basically unsqualified labor, of forcing the country’s fitness services and expanding the risk of COVID-19.
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