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86,000 face Kuwait travel ban

Dunya News

The number of people facing travel bans reached 88,000 as of last June.

Nearly 86,000 individuals in Kuwait face a travel ban as per Interior Ministry records, a local daily reported.The figures were provided by security sources and includes the names of 42,000 citizens and 44,000 Indian, Bangladeshi, Egyptian, Syrian, Lebanese, Pakistani, Filipino, Nepalese and Ethiopian nationals.The Ministry of Interior imposes travel bans on individuals against whom court rulings have been passed. Failure to pay dues is the most common reason why travel bans are imposed in Kuwait, according to sources. ‘Having an unpaid debt or fine of KD 50 or even less leads to an individual being barred from traveling,’ sources told Al-Qabas.A travel ban can easily be reversed by paying the amount at the airport or land border checkpoint ‘as long as the individual does not face legal charges,’ sources added.The number of people facing travel bans reached 88,000 as of last June, according to statistics published in the same newspaper.