KUWAIT ; Kuwait restricts domestic worker recruitment to 10 countries
It bans recruitment from 27 other countries
Kuwait’s Interior Ministry has issued a new circular restricting the recruitment of domestic workers to 10 approved countries, while banning recruitment from 27 others, as part of updated regulations governing the domestic labour sector, local media reported.
The measure was adopted based on observations and recommendations from several government bodies, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Health and the Public Authority for Manpower.The circular was distributed to residency affairs departments and service centres and took effect following its update two days ago, the source said.
The decision also includes a list of 27 countries from which the recruitment of domestic workers is prohibited. The list includes Madagascar, Bhutan, Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Togo, Malawi, Chad, Djibouti, Niger, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Cabo Verde, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Mali, Burkina Faso, Gambia, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Burundi and Angola gulf news
