KUWAIT: Interior Minister Sheikh Talal Al-Khaled Al-Sabah will be heading a meeting this month to discuss the issue of population imbalance along with other ministries as well as the iqama affairs department at the interior ministry, Public Authority of Manpower (PAM) and the Civil Service Commission (CSC).

"The meeting will seek to build a roadmap for resolving the population issue, which will include a list of procedures that aim to implement a decision to reduce the number of unskilled workers, ensuring that the meeting has many scenarios to think over as well as requests from MPs," a source revealed to Kuwait Times.

"The upcoming meeting on residency regulations will include limiting non-investing foreigners' maximum residency to five years. Work permits will be reduced to agree with regulations framed by the Public Authority for Manpower," the sources added. "Many permits of violators were not renewed. Abolishing the kafala system will be discussed and the Cabinet will have the final say on work permits, which will be heavily scrutinized," the sources added.