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The security services in Kuwait on Sunday night and Monday interrupted a demonstration organized by Egyptian workers who violated the residence system, in the refuge center where they are detained, demanding their deportation to their country.
This is the first demonstration of foreign workers in the Gulf region since the closings related to the Corona virus began.
The Kuwait News Agency said the security services “dissolved the riots” and detained several people.
The agency confirmed, citing a statement by the Interior Ministry, that “the instructions issued to the security men stipulate that they must deal firmly with the rioters, so as not to allow chaos and evade the law.”
After the videos showing the demonstration, protesters ran after the company used tear gas canisters to disperse them.
On Sunday, the Kuwait News Agency quoted Egyptian Ambassador to Kuwait Tariq Al-Qouni as saying that “evacuation trips for residence offenders begin this week and the priority is for women and children.”
And she was Kuwait He announced that he will exempt foreign residents who violate the Residence Law from fines and deport them to their countries, while paying their transportation costs.
Millions of foreign workers across the Gulf face a state of uncertainty, with these countries announcing comprehensive closings and the failure of some operators to pay wages or consider firing employees, as part of measures to limit the spread of Corona virus.
So far, Kuwait has registered more than 5,000 infections and 40 deaths.
