Deportations from Kuwait by type (all charges; residence law violations) (2008-2011)

	administrative deportations		legal deportations		Total deportations
year	All charges	Residence law violations	All charges	Residence law violations	All charges	Residence law violations
2008	20.457	15.467	819	28	21.276	15.495
2009	23.024	16.141	925	24	23.949	16.165
2010	24.138	9.750	1.011	33	25.149	9.783
2011	14.679	4.708	1.242	54	15.921	4.762

Source: Ministry of Interior; Ministry of Justice

 

 

ANNEXED NOTE

 

1. Definitions

 

all charges’ includes ‘residence law violation’

 

The Interior Minister can issue an order to deport a foreigner in the following cases:

1. If there is a court ruling ordering the deportation of the foreigner after serving a prison sentence (legal deportation).

2. If his/her presence in the country is judged detrimental to public order and security and 3. If he/she does not have an apparent source of income (administrative deportation). The foreigner is then turned over to the Deportation Department, upon decision from the Ministry of Interior.

A deported foreigner will have his dependent family deported with him. Once the deported foreigner leaves the country, he/she is not allowed back to Kuwait, unless the Interior Minister issues amnesty or pardon.

 

2. Institution which provides data

 

Central Statistical Bureau (CSB), Ministry of Planning

 

3. Data availability

 

Published in the CSB’ Statistical Yearbooks, in Chapter “Social Services and Security”

Statistical Yearbooks are available online at: http://www.csb.gov.kw/Socan_Statistic_EN.aspx?ID=18 (website in English) and at http://www.csb.gov.kw/Socan_Statistic.aspx (Arabic website).

Volumes are bilingual (English and Arabic). Every Yearbook is published in PDF format since 2000 and a selection of 1964 to 1999 volumes is also available in one publication.

Date of access: August 2013.