Committee recommend people from a single country should not exceed 25 percent of Kuwaitis

The Parliamentary Committee on Legislation has forwarded its report concerning addition of a new clause to the Public Authority for Manpower Law, which stipulates laying down the necessary policy to amend the maximum proportion of expatriates in the population of Kuwait to 50 percent, indicating people from a single country should not exceed 25 percent of Kuwaitis, the report submitted by Parliamentary Committee on Legislation states. The report also says that Public Authority for Manpower Law must add a new clause to amend the maximum proportion of expatriates in the population of Kuwait to 50 percent, local Arabic newspaper reported.

The committee said the policy should be presented, implemented and concluded within a period of seven years.