Source: kuwaittimes.net

KUWAIT: The number of residency violators in Kuwait reached 103,000 as of Sunday, dropping from 116,000 recorded a few months earlier when the Ministry of Interior launched a series of wide scale crackdowns that are continuing throughout the country.

The new official statistics obtained by Al-Rai daily indicate that Bengalese violators remain the largest group in Migration General Department records, with 26,000, followed by 23,000 Indian violators and 16,000 Sri Lankan violators. The list, which contains estimated numbers, indicates there are 9,000 Indonesian and 9,000 Egyptian violators in Kuwait, followed by 6,000 Filipino, 5,000 Pakistani, 5,000 Syrian, 3,000 Nepalese and 1,000 Ethiopian nationalities in violation of residency laws.

In other news, sources told Al-Rai that the Interior Ministry has begun installing an “electric security system” covering a 237 kilometer long area along the southern border. The system includes “invisible detection systems” that help apprehend individuals who infiltrate through the borders for up to 40 km towards the south and 70 km towards the north.

The sources, who spoke on conditions of anonymity, confirmed that the projects are designed to combat illegal activities, such as “illegal residence and smuggling of drugs, weapons, etc”. Other steps, as part of these efforts, include positioning coastguard patrol boats along the borders of Kuwait’s territorial waters.