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Country of citizenship	estimate of irregular residents
Afghanistan	1.015
Albania	9
Algeria	55
Armenia	6
Australia	240
Austria	39
Bangladesh	19.857
Belgium	0
Benin	4
Bosnia-Herzegovina	18
Brasil	15
Britain	996
Canada	184
Chad	25
China	280
Croatia	7
Cyprus	1
Czech Republic	56
Denmark	82
Djibouti	0
Dominican Republic	45
Egypt	4.066
Eritrea	63
Ethiopia	741
France	175
Gambia	5
Georgia	4
Germany	143
Ghana	11
Holland	83
Hungary	9
India	12.184
Indonesia	6.684
Iran	1.493
Iraq	762
Ireland	40
Italy	160
Japan	69
Jordan	979
Kazakhstan	10
Kenya	9
Lebanon	664
Liberia	30
Libya	21
Macedonia	4
Madagascar	1
Malaysia	56
Mali	0
Mexico	9
Morocco	94
Myanmar	0
Nepal	1.266
New Zealand	29
Niger	5
Nigeria	26
Non-Kuwaiti	26
North Korea	28
Other African Nationalities	2
Other American Nationalities	0
Pakistan	2.808
Palestine	3
Palestinian from Egypt	217
Palestinian from Lebanon	28
Palestinian from Syria	15
Philippines	4.437
Poland	32
Portugal	14
Romania	26
Russia and USSR	84
Saudi	7
Serbia	7
Seychelles Islands	0
Sierra Leone	4
Slovakia	12
Somalia	167
South Africa	93
South Korea	43
Spain	51
Sri Lanka	10.382
Sudan	216
Sweden	41
Switzerland	16
Syria	2.092
Thailand	60
Tunisia	41
Turkey	506
U.S.A	3.914
Ukraine	21
Venezuela	9
Yemen	222
GRAND TOTAL	78.453

Source: Ministry of Interior

 

 

ANNEXED NOTE

 

1. Data collection methodology

 

Upon ministerial decision 1054/2011, a grace period extending from March 1st to June 30st, 2011 has been granted to illegal expatriates willing to either regularize their status with Ministry of Interior (for residency) and Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour (MOSAL) (labour permits), or leave the country without penalty.

The illegal residents’ figure is obtained by substracting the regularized cases (departed, having adjusted their status) from the Ministry’s records on expatriates having failed to renew their residency documents upon expiry of the grace period (see table IRR 1.2).

The bidoun, a stateless population, are not included in the residency documents holders.

 

2. Institution which provides data

 

Ministry of Interior, General Department of Immigration

 

3. Data availability

 

Data have been obtained from the Ministry of Interior. They are not published or made available to the public.

 

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