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Kuwait: softens illegal expat stance
Illegal workers detected in Kuwait will now be given the opportunity to legalise their status rather than be deported, a senior Interior Ministry official said. The apparent move in favour of expats will be implemented in lieu of an amnesty, which would have allowed illegal – and legal – residents to leave the country without retribution. An amnesty in Saudi Arabia last year led to more than 1 million of the kingdom’s then 9 million expats to leave.In Kuwait, illegal residents who are caught are usually deported and banned from the country, without a means of appeal.