HIGHLIGHTS
- The Kuwait Government has approved the Immigrant quota bill in the National Assembly. The bill provides for limiting the number of Indians living in Gulf countries.
- The bill states that Indians should not exceed 15 percent of the total population in Kuwait.
- Kuwait City. The entire world is battling the Coronavirus and due to this, the global economy has been badly affected. In this series, the Kuwait Government has taken a major decision on Sunday, amid the Corona epidemic and the growing economic consequences in the world. This decision of the government is going to have an impact on the Indian workers.In fact, the Kuwait government has approved the Immigrant quota bill in the National Assembly on Sunday. The bill provides for limiting the number of Indians living in the Gulf Country. Now with the approval of the bill, the fate of about eight lakh Indians living in Kuwait is now hanging in the balance.Marwari workers stranded in Kuwait urge PM Modi to return to his homeland, crisis over livelihood in lockdown
According to media reports, the National Assembly’s Legal and Legislative Committee has determined that the draft quota bill is constitutional. The bill will be transferred to the relevant committee so that a comprehensive plan is made. The bill states that Indians should not exceed 15 percent of the total population in Kuwait.
Explain that the total population of Kuwait is more than 43 lakhs. Of this, about 3 million people are immigrants. According to an estimate, about 14.5 lakh Indians live in Kuwait. In such a situation, with the approval of the immigrant bill, about eight lakh Indians can now be forced to leave Kuwait.
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70% of Kuwait’s population migrant
Let us tell you that according to the population census of 2018, the population of Kuwait (Populations of Kuwait) is around 43 lakhs. But the most surprising thing is that 70 percent of the population there is migrant. That means Kuwait natives have become a minority in their own country. Kuwait has the largest number of Indian Immigrant In Kuwait. Egypt has the largest number of people in Kuwait after India. That is why in this bill, apart from India, it has been decided to fix 10% of the total population of Egyptians.
The Kuwait Government has decided to reduce the number of migrants in the country to 30 per cent of the total population in order to handle the economy going through a bad phase due to Corona virus. The Kuwait government’s decision is a major setback for India, as the country receives billions of dollars with the help of overseas Indians from Kuwait.
If we talk about 2018, India got revenue of $ 4.8 billion due to Diaspora. In such a situation, it is natural to reduce this revenue due to the loss of jobs of 8 lakh people.
368 killed by corona in Kuwait.
It is known that due to Corona, there has been a huge drop in the prices of crude oil globally. Kuwait’s economy is dependent on oil. In such a situation, Kuwait is reducing the number of migrants in its country. The Indian Embassy in Kuwait has created the Indian Workers Welfare Center to help Indians living there. It is now to see what steps the Indian government takes to stop the diaspora.
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Let us know that the cases of Coronavirus In Kuwait are constantly increasing in Kuwait. A Health Ministry official has confirmed that 638 new cases of corona virus have been reported in the last 24 hours. Health Ministry spokesman Dr. Abdullah Al Sanad said the latest cases are 463 Kuwaitis and 175 foreign residents. The death toll has risen to 368 in Kuwait with three deaths.
