Illegals in Kuwait drop to 136,000

A massive-scale security clampdown on illegal expatriates in Kuwait has resulted in trimming down the numbers of those illegals in the country significantly to around 136,000, a Kuwaiti newspaper has reported.

Most of the foreign violators of Kuwait’s residency law are Asian nationals, Al Anba added, citing a security source that did not give a previous figure of the illegals.

However, Kuwaiti media last year put the number of illegal foreign residents at around 160,000. Kuwaiti authorities are unlikely to give illegals a new grace period soon to rectify their status.