60 years in Kuwait, she seeks ‘iqama’

88-year-old woman appeals minister

KUWAIT CITY, Sept 12: An 88 year-old expatriate woman, who has been in the country for 60 years, appealed to Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Lieutenant General Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah to approve her residency application, reports Al-Seyassah daily.

The woman’s husband died and her residency permit was transferred to her brother. She said her brother went abroad for treatment and her residency permit has expired. She has two daughters who are not working. The husband of one of her daughters, an engineer whose salary is KD 1,000, applied for the transfer of her residency under his sponsorship but the application was rejected as she has no relatives except her two daughters who are staying with their families in Kuwait.

The old woman appealed to Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah to approve her residency to be under her son-in-law as she wants to be close to her daughters and no other person can look after her except

her daughters.

5 beggars arrested: The security authorities have arrested five beggars of Arab nationality for begging for alms following complaints by citizens, reports Al-Anba daily.

The daily added, two of the beggars were two children three years old. They were caught inside commercial markets.

The source said the concerned authority is launching intensive campaigns on beggars especially after the Ministry of Interior has been informed that this phenomenon has increased over the past three months.

The ministry also said over the past three months 25 beggars of various nationalities have been arrested and deported from the country. The daily said the General Directorate of Migration Investigation has allocated teams of inspectors wearing civilian clothes to cooperate with the General Security Departments in the six governorates to reduce the phenomenon.