KUWAIT CITY, Oct 3: Continuing their systematic efforts to filter out violators, the Ministry of Interior, represented by the Deportation Department in correctional institutions, deported 7,685 individuals who violated labor and residency laws during the past two months.

Informed sources told Al-Seyassah that the number of deportees in September reached approximately 3,837 individuals, including 2,272 men and 1,565 women. All of them were referred to the department from various security sectors, including runaway laborers and others accused of indecent activities.

In this context, the sources affirmed that the Deportation Department, under the correctional institutions, deported around 3,848 expatriates of both genders in August of this year on charges related to their violation of the country’s regulations and laws.

They also highlighted that security campaigns against violators of the residency law are ongoing in all governorates, urging citizens and residents not to harbor runaway workers with pending cases.

By Munif Naif

Al-Seyassah/Arab Times Staff