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Kuwait has tightened driving regulations for non-citizens as part of a broader crackdown on foreign workers living in the country.

KOCHI: Hundreds of migrant workers have returned to the country in the past few weeks after the Kuwait government launched a major crackdown on unauthorised workers.

KUWAIT CITY, May 29: Assistant Undersecretary for Citizenship and Immigration Affairs in the Ministry of Interior Major General Sheikh Faisal Al-Nawwaf has instructed the directors of immigration departments in different governorates to suspend the issuance of visit visas, especially to the marginalized workers, reports Al-Rai daily quoting sources.

KUWAIT CITY, May 28: The International Organi-zation for Migration (IOM) in cooperation with the Ministry of Interior, Kuwait and in partnership with the United Nations Human Settlements Program and International Labor Organization (ILO) conducted a regional workshop Tuesday at its headquarters in Mishref titled ‘Fostering a Stable Community: Supporting Wor

KUWAIT CITY, May 20: The Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor has suspended the processing of applications for the transfer of domestic workers to the private sector due to the refusal of its interior counterpart to grant such transfers, reports Al-Seyassah daily quoting sources.

Alicia Casanto has a terrible tale to tell of her stay in Kuwait.

Kuwaiti Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Thikra Al-Rashidi said Tuesday her country adopted laws to ensure protection and care for workers in the framework of the targets set by the UN Development Program (UNDP) for 2000-15.

Kuwait, the tiny Gulf country the United States went to war over, is closing its doors to international immigrants.