Al-Rai newspaper of Kuwait revealed that a report issued by the Egyptian Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics said that Kuwait received more than 8,000 Egyptians monthly in 2018 for work purpose..
Kuwaiti MP Safaa al-Hashem described the matter as "crime and disaster", saying that the report proves that the Kuwaiti government is not serious in the policy of "replacement" (the introduction of Kuwaitis instead of expatriates in government jobs(.
Al-Hashem said in an article that "the report confirms the issuance of about 98 thousand new work permits to Egyptian citizens, mostly without a university degree.."
The controversy opened the door to questions about the impact of this situation on Egypt, if the Kuwaiti government responded to the request of deputies.
In 2017, the Kuwaiti government developed a "Kuwaitization Plan" under which foreign workers would be laid off from a range of government jobs.
The plan aims at increasing the recruitment of Kuwaiti employees between 70 and 100% of the total workforce in the civil service, to reduce the repercussions of the decline in oil revenues, which in turn raised unemployment levels.
According to recent statistics, the Kuwaiti labor force in the labor market rose to 17% against a decline in the number of foreign workers.
This controversy comes amid the description of the decision to nationalize public jobs as racist.
The recent statements by Kuwaiti MP Safaa Al-Hashem sparked outrage in Egypt, while the Egyptian government refused to comment on Al-Hashem's remarks. Egyptian MPs called on her to watch her language, saying that discussing the benefits of Egyptian labor existence in Kuwait
is inappropriate and harms the relationship between the two countries.".
Al-Hashim has a long history of aggression against Egyptian workers in Kuwait, repeatedly demanding their deportation on the grounds that they were a burden on the Kuwaiti economy.
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For the purpose of work: 8 thousand # Egyptians entered # Kuwait monthly in 2018
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