Kuwait bans issuance of visas to 5 Muslim
countries
Following the ban placed by President
Trump on the nationals of countries with Muslims that he sees as
potential threat to the lives and safety of Americans, Kuwait has
followed suit by placing bans on citizens of some Islamic countries.
Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, Prime Minister, Kuwait
It
was gathered that the tight entry restrictions were placed as a result
of the instability of those countries with the government of Kuwait
pledging to lift the bans as soon as the security situation improves.
The nationals of the countries that will no longer be issued visas include:
1. Syria
2. Iraq
3. Iran
4. Pakistan
5. Afghanistan
Passport
holders from this countries will no longer be allowed to enter the Gulf
state with many of them being told not to apply there for now. The
citizens of the banned countries will not be able to obtain Kuwaiti
visas for visits, trade or tourism
For
a while now, Syria and Iraq have been engaged in internal conflicts
while Pakistan and Afghanistan have witnessed violence from extremist
groups. The tensions between Iran and the Gulf have destabilised the
region.
The presence of extremist groups like the
al-Qaeda and the Islamic state which have militant organisations in
Syria, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq made Kuwait place a ban on the
issuance of visas to nationals of these countries.
The
Gulf state had suffered from a number of attacks in recent times and
this left many people dead. The bombing of a Shia mosque in 2015 will
always be relevant when assessing the impacts of terrorism in that
region.
A
64-country intern-nations survey carried out named Kuwait as the worst
place in the world for expatriates in 2015. The country had also enacted
a number of laws targeted at foreigners in recent times and this made
it one of the most unfriendly Gulf states with regards to expatriates.
Although the world is yet to recover from the news of Donald Trump's decision to ban Syria and six other middle eastern and African countries,
Dhahi Khalfan, the chief security of Dubai shocked Syrians and the
other nationals included in the ban when he openly supported Trump's
decision.
Up until the time the US placed a ban in
Syrians, Kuwait remained the only country in the world to ever place a
ban on people from this country as the country had issued an all ban on
Syrians in 2011.
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