Kuwait Limits Domestic Worker Recruitment to 10 Countries

New rules ban recruitment from 27 countries and tighten oversight of the domestic labour sector.

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Kuwait Limits Domestic Worker Recruitment to 10 Countries

Kuwait's Interior Ministry has issued a new circular limiting the recruitment of domestic workers to 10 approved countries, while banning recruitment from 27 others, local media reported. The move is part of updated rules for the domestic labour sector.

The decision was made after observations and recommendations from several government bodies, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Health and the Public Authority for Manpower.

Under the new directive, domestic workers may be recruited from South Africa, Benin, Eritrea, Ethiopia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, India, Vietnam and Nepal, as well as Senegal, where recruitment is limited to male workers only. Recruitment procedures will be completed through the country's governorates.

The circular was sent to residency affairs departments and service centres, and took effect after it was updated two days ago, the source said.

The decision also includes a list of 27 countries from which the recruitment of domestic workers is banned. The list includes Madagascar and Bhutan, as well as the African countries of Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Togo, Malawi, Chad, Djibouti, Niger, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Cabo Verde, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Mali, Burkina Faso, Gambia, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Burundi and Angola.

In some cases, the restrictions apply only to female domestic workers, while recruitment of males is still allowed.

The updated rules are part of Kuwait's efforts to regulate domestic worker recruitment and improve oversight of the sector through new administrative procedures and controls.

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