Sponsors whose employees abscond to face legal action
‘Visa traders detention extended’
Top and above: The COVID-19 drive-thru testing center at the airport ready to receive visitors. Volunteers from the Institute of Applied Nursing Authority getting ready to report for
work. KUWAIT CITY, May 18: Public Authority for Manpower has submitted to the Ministry of Interior a list of names of employers (sponsors) whose domestic workers frequently abscond with the aim of taking legal action deemed appropriate by the ministry against them, reports Aljarida daily.
In a statement to the daily, Director of the Department for Recruiting Domestic Workers in the authority, Nasser Al-Mousawi indicated continuous coordination with the Ministry of Interior to prevent domestic workers from infiltrating the labor market in private sector, which according to Law No. 68/2015, are restricted to work in domestic sector only and not shops or commercial complexes.
“In the event that any domestic worker is caught working for a different employer, the authority will refer him/her to the General Directorate of Residency Affairs and legal measures taken against the employer,” Al-Mousawi said, adding concerned authorities will continue monitoring the internet in search of those trading in domestic visas, and anyone caught in the act will be referred to the Cybercrime Department in the Interior Ministry.
Detention
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The Sentences Renewal Judge has ordered the continued detention of 22 Egyptians and 6 Kuwaitis, reports Al-Rai daily.
The daily added, the men face the charges of trading in visa and bringing into the country bulk labor and receiving huge sums of money in exchange.
The daily added, the suspects were arrested after their names were disclosed by the residence law violators who took advantage of leaving the country without paying fines after the Ministry of Interior offered the amnesty in April.
In the same context, the Public Prosecution is in the process of investigating other suspects (Kuwaitis and expatriates) who the Ministry of Interior is accusing of bringing into the country thousands of workers and leaving them on the streets to fend for themselves after taking huge sums of money from each worker.