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year	administrative deportations				legal deportations				Total deportations
	All charges		Residence law violations		All charges		Residence law violations		All charges		Residence law violations
	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females
2009	15,216	7,808	11,206	4,935	805	120	22	2	16,021	7,928	11,228	4,937
2010	15,823	8,315	7,663	2,087	828	183	31	2	16,651	8,498	7,694	2,089
2011	7,860	6,819	3,357	1,441	1,034	208	46	8	8,894	7,027	3,403	1,449
2012	7,010	8,249	3,233	1,246	814	151	37	6	7,824	8,400	3,270	1,252
2013	11,556	10,800	5,717	1,587	817	131	61	3	12,373	10,931	5,778	1,590
2014	10,659	10,107	3,881	1,134	525	73	17	5	11,184	10,180	3,898	1,139

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: April 2016
 

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