Kuwait: Deportations from Kuwait by type (all charges; residence law violations), and sex of deported migrant (2009-2014)
| 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