Kuwait issues its own Trump-esque visa ban for five Muslim-majority countries

[Arabi]

Citizens from five Muslim-majority countries will no longer be able to obtain Kuwaiti visas, after reports the Gulf state issued tight entry restrictions that mirrored US President Donald Trump's Muslim ban.

Syrians, Iraqis, Iranians, Pakistanis and Afghans will not be able to obtain visit, tourism or trade Kuwaiti visas with the news coming one day after the US slapped its own restrictions on seven Muslim-majority countries.

Passport holders from the countries will no lot be allowed to enter the Gulf state while the blanket ban is in place and have been told not to apply to visas.

Kuwaiti sources told local media that the restrictions were in place due to the "instability" in the five countries and that the ban would be lifted once the security situation improves.

Pakistan and Afghanistan have all witnessed violence from extremist groups, while Syria and Iraq are embroiled in internal conflicts.

Although mainly peaceful, tensions between Iran and the Gulf have ratched up over the past year with the GCC powers accusing Tehran of attempting to destabalise the region.

Kuwait is concerned about the threat of extremist groups such as al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group with both militant organisations have a presence in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

The Gulf state has witnessed a number of militant attacks over the past two years, including the bombing of a Shia mosque in 2015 which left 27 Kuwaits dead.

Kuwait responded by arresting dozens of suspected Daesh sympathizers and rolling out mandatary DNA testing programme and database for the Gulf state's 4 million population.

Kuwait reportedly issued a ban on all visas for Syrians in 2011, but allowed those inside the country to remain.

It made Kuwait the only country in the world to officially bar entry to Syrians, until the US named Syria in seven countries banned from entering.

Kuwait has issued a number of laws targeting foreigners in recent years, and made it one of the most unfriendly Gulf states towards expatriates.

In 2015, Kuwait was named as the worst place in the world for expatriates in a 64 country InterNations survey.

Meanwhile, Trump's Muslim ban has been met with widespread outrage since it was signed on Friday, although Gulf states have remained quiet on the issue.

Dubai security chief Dhahi Khalfan outraged Syrians and other nationalities included in the ban when he publically backed Trump's decision.

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What's wrong with Kuwait? First their Parliaments call to impose more taxes on expatriates, now they copy Trump's ban order and added Pakistan & Afghanistan to the ban list, but they still want to produce more than 2.7 million oil b/d!

 

[HannibalBarca]

Citizens from five Muslim-majority countries will no longer be able to obtain Kuwaiti visas, after reports the Gulf state issued tight entry restrictions that mirrored US President Donald Trump's Muslim ban.

Syrians, Iraqis, Iranians, Pakistanis and Afghans will not be able to obtain visit, tourism or trade Kuwaiti visas with the news coming one day after the US slapped its own restrictions on seven Muslim-majority countries.

Passport holders from the countries will no lot be allowed to enter the Gulf state while the blanket ban is in place and have been told not to apply to visas.

Kuwaiti sources told local media that the restrictions were in place due to the "instability" in the five countries and that the ban would be lifted once the security situation improves.

Pakistan and Afghanistan have all witnessed violence from extremist groups, while Syria and Iraq are embroiled in internal conflicts.

Although mainly peaceful, tensions between Iran and the Gulf have ratched up over the past year with the GCC powers accusing Tehran of attempting to destabalise the region.

Kuwait is concerned about the threat of extremist groups such as al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group with both militant organisations have a presence in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

The Gulf state has witnessed a number of militant attacks over the past two years, including the bombing of a Shia mosque in 2015 which left 27 Kuwaits dead.

Kuwait responded by arresting dozens of suspected Daesh sympathizers and rolling out mandatary DNA testing programme and database for the Gulf state's 4 million population.

Kuwait reportedly issued a ban on all visas for Syrians in 2011, but allowed those inside the country to remain.

It made Kuwait the only country in the world to officially bar entry to Syrians, until the US named Syria in seven countries banned from entering.

Kuwait has issued a number of laws targeting foreigners in recent years, and made it one of the most unfriendly Gulf states towards expatriates.

In 2015, Kuwait was named as the worst place in the world for expatriates in a 64 country InterNations survey.

Meanwhile, Trump's Muslim ban has been met with widespread outrage since it was signed on Friday, although Gulf states have remained quiet on the issue.

Dubai security chief Dhahi Khalfan outraged Syrians and other nationalities included in the ban when he publically backed Trump's decision.

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What's wrong with Kuwait? First their Parliaments call to impose more taxes on expatriates, now they copy Trump's ban order and added Pakistan & Afghanistan to the ban list, but they still want to produce more than 2.7 million oil b/d!

WEll simple answer... don't buy oil from them or anykind of biz... till they understand that openess and biz is in both sides ( for those banned countries ofc)
And don't need to ban them from your own country, just strip out their "advantage" they got throughout the years. let them come, and use their green bills...

Now that the country is build and such, they want to put them out..it's simple, Europe wanted to bf but couldn't with their Human rights.. it's not like GCC are models in that field.. even thou they say to those who are stupid enough to listen, that they preach peace and equality...

Long live the "models" of islam... !!!
To those who may enter Islam one Day... I'm sorry but if you can please please.. meet Islam/quran bf you even lay your eyes on "muslims"... They will make you hate your own flesh and sanity...

 

[Jugger]

Syrians, Iraqis, Iranians, Pakistanis and Afghans will not be able to obtain visit

Pakistan to be grouped together with the other nation is a bad sign indeed.
The biggest question is, how can the govt of Pakistan eliminate the radical elements present in their society? And operations like zarb e azab is not the answer. You need to strike the root cause of the issue thus nipping it at the bud.
Constructive ideas will be appreciated.

 

[ito]

Surprised to see a Muslim country ban people from fellow Muslim countries. Now Trump gets a shot in his arm to take on those who are opposing ban from Muslim countries.

 

[Hassan Guy]

 

[Akasa]

Hint: Trump's travel ban isn't a "Muslim ban".

 

[New World]

i would wait for Ch. Nisar to do press conference or issue statement..

Tit for Tat..

 

[hussain0216]

Surprised to see a Muslim country ban people from fellow Muslim countries. Now Trump gets a shot in his arm to take on those who are opposing ban from Muslim countries.

Not really!

 

[Hell hound]

Pakistanis

well f you too then.(not you bro. talking about Kuwait these guys have some deep rooted problems with us)

 

[Skywalker]

For heaven sake folks..look at the date of that article..it's six years old, some indiot opened up a thread today on the same topic and the same thread has been closed.

 

[$@rJen]

For heaven sake folks..look at the date of that article..it's six years old, some indiot opened up a thread today on the same topic and the same thread has been closed.

The article has the date of feb 1 2017

 

[Skywalker]

Kuwaitis are nothing but cowards , we know about their bravery when they ran away last time with tales between their legs.

The article has the date of feb 1 2017

Nope they have re published the same old article...go through the comments and even their people mention the same thing.

 

[New World]

well f you too then.(not you bro. talking about Kuwait these guys have some deep rooted problems with us)

and why does they have problem with us?

 

[ito]

For heaven sake folks..look at the date of that article..it's six years old, some indiot opened up a thread today on the same topic and the same thread has been closed.

First of all the OP is not Indian, and second is it is dated Feb 1. Also 'trump-esque' is not a word that could have been used six year ago.

 

[Skywalker]

First of all the OP is not Indian, and second is it is dated Feb 1. Also 'trump-esque' is not a word that could have been used six year ago.

Your fellow Indiot opened up a same kind of thread this morning with a link to Kuwaiti times...go and check the date.