KUWAIT: A Ministry of Interior senior official denied recently receiving any instructions from the immigration department concerning the lifting of a ban imposed on recruiting Bangladeshi manpower in Kuwait.

The ban on (recruiting) Bangladeshi labor is still ongoing until further notice, or until the ministry deems it necessary for it to be lifted", ministry's Assistant Undersecretary for Citizenship and Immigration Affairs Lt. Abdulhameed Al-Awadhi told Al-Qabas during a ceremony held to commemorate the ideal staff members of the Hawally immigration department.

The ministry had previously enforced a ban on recruiting manpower from Bangladesh in a bid to control their rapidly increasing numbers in Kuwait which have approximately reached 300,000; a large section of which are marginal and unskilled labor.

Among other reasons for which the ban was imposed is the unqualified measures carried out in Bangladesh to detect workers there from infectious diseases before heading to Kuwait. - Kuwait Times