KUWAIT: Well-informed ministerial sources revealed that the government has received a report on Kuwait's demography and suggested ways to solve the problem of demographic imbalance, noting that the Cabinet views this issue as a top priority. The sources explained that the report suggested limiting the number of workers recruited from certain countries that already have large numbers of their citizens in Kuwait, with the majority of them being 'marginal laborers'.

"Egyptians now number 700,000, with a majority of them marginal laborers," said the report, suggesting reducing the numbers of Egyptian marginal laborers and monitoring labor offices involved in human trafficking. The sources added that the report also suggested cutting the number of teachers hired annually from Egypt from 500 to 200 and making up for the difference by hiring teachers from Jordan, Tunisia and Morocco. The report also suggested limiting Indian manpower to technical jobs like engineers, nurses and oil sector workers.

By A Saleh