Nine face deportation for breach of curfew
TEACHERS, MINISTRY STAFF CAN GO FIREMEN, HEALTH TO DELIVER CURFEW MEDICINE STEPS FOR CURFEW PERMITS OUTLINED
KUWAIT CITY, March 24, (KUNA): Kuwait Ministry of Interior said that nine expatriates were arrested in Farwaniyah area on Monday evening for violating the partial curfew.
The detainees were referred to the extradition department to complete the procedures of their deportation, the Ministry’s Public Relations and Security Media Department said in a statement posted to its website.
The security services tolerate no breach of the rules of the partial nationwide curfew, it stressed.
On Sunday, the Kuwaiti government imposed an indefinite curfew from 5:00 pm until 4:00 am as part of the efforts to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Leave permits
The Ministry of Education said Monday that resident teachers and ministry staff can travel back to their respective countries without needing a leave permit.
According to the ministry’s twitter account, the decision was made in coordination with the Ministry of Interior.
Regarding resident teachers and staff whose residency visa expires while abroad, the ministry said that efforts will be coordinated with Kuwaiti diplomatic missions to allow them to travel back to Kuwait.
Medicine delivery
Kuwait Fire Service Directorate (KFSD) and the Health Ministry will be working together to ensure the medicinal needs of citizens and residents were met during the partial curfew.
In a press release after his meeting with Health Ministry Undersecretary Dr Abdullah Al-Bader, Director General of (KFSD) Lieutenant General Khaled Al-Merkad said that the decision was made upon an order from Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Interior and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Anas Al-Saleh.
KFSD staff will be tasked with delivering necessary using 170 vehicles, revealed Al-Mekrad.
Permits during curfew
Those seeking urgent medical treatment, attending doctor appointments or taking care of the sick will be allowed to acquire permits during the 11-hour curfew in Kuwait, the Interior Ministry said Monday.
In the statement, the Interior Ministry indicated that it was important to follow the specific rules to acquire the permit, affirming that those who obtain the document will be monitored through their cellphones to make sure they were attending to the agreed upon business.
Violators will be subjected to legal questioning and punishment, added the ministry which urged people to contact the ministry on 25585115-25585116 numbers in case of inquiry.
Permits could be acquired through via http://curfew.paci.gov.kw.
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KUWAIT CITY: Bangladesh and Sri Lanka have joined India and the Philippines in refusing to receive their deported nationals from Kuwait without a ‘PCR’ certificate confirming they are free from coronavirus, reports Al-Rai daily.
A security source told the daily that the Deportation Department in the Ministry of Interior has taken all the necessary measures, such as requiring the deportees to undergo medical checkup to ensure they are not infected with the virus.
According to the source, the department has completed the fingerprinting procedures and even booked tickets for all Filipino and Indian deportees, but the home countries of these deportees refused to receive them due to the absence of ‘PCR’ certificate from Kuwait confirming they are coronavirusfree. This impedes the deportation of these individuals even if the department has finalized the required procedures. The deportation process now depends on their home countries in terms of opening airspace for Kuwaiti aircraft to transport them back home, the source explained.
The source affirmed that the concerned authorities have coordinated with the embassies of these expatriates several times, but none of the embassies responded nor showed willingness to cooperate with the authorities under the pretext that they have no right to take such a decision.