[Dawn] The government of Kuwait has decided to deport the 17,000 aliens residing illegally in Kuwait, including 1050 Pakistanis.
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According to a state run news agency of Kuwait, the Interior ministry has decided to deport 17,000 aliens of 22 countries staying illegally in Kuwait.
Among these are 1,050 Pakistanis, 3,500 Indians and 4,000 Bangladeshis. The remaining 4,000 illegal immigrants belong to North Korea,
Somalia, Yemen, Lebanon and Afghanistan among others.
After the withdrawal from Iraq in 1991, the number of people deported from Kuwait would be the largest. It is pertinent to mention here that this is the second round of deportation after 2006 when the Kuwaiti government deported 16,000 illegal immigrants.
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