1,258 traffic violators deported in a month - 1005 vehicles taken to scrap yard: Official
... heute mal ein Auszug aus der "Kuwait Times" Tagespresse. Wer mit dem Englischen Probleme hat - ich hab' einen Translation Button unten rechts auf meinem Blog. :o)
KUWAIT: Kuwait deported more than 1,200 foreigners since the
government launched crackdowns against serious traffic violations a month ago,
a local newspaper reported yesterday quoting a senior Interior Ministry
official.
In the meantime, Undersecretary Assistant for Traffic Affairs Major General
Abdulfattah Al-Ali insisted that ‘administrative deportation’ penalties were
only handed out to expatriates whose records showed repeated ‘grave’ traffic
violations. This was as per the directions issued by First Deputy Prime
Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Ahmad Al-Hmoud Al-Sabah.
In a detailed statement to Al-Anba newspaper published
yesterday, Maj Gen Al-Ali said that 1,258 expatriates were deported in the four
weeks since the General Traffic Department launched its operations. Maj Gen
Al-Ali told the same newspaper late last month that more than 200 people were
deported in the first two to three days of the campaign.
“[Minister Al-Sabah] gave instructions under which a decision to
deport an expatriate driver was not made unless the record showed that he has
committed similar multiple violations as the one he was arrested for,” Maj Gen
Al-Ali said, further explaining that all deportation decisions were taken in
case of drivers “with up to four repeated violations.”
Mmmhhh...wenn ich sehe,
WER da immer wie Geisteskranke auf der Autobahn rasen, drängeln und Unfälle
verursacht - dürfte es ja bald keine Einheimischen mehr hier geben.
The violations which the traffic department classified as
‘grave’ included driving without a license, jumping the red traffic light,
carrying passengers illegally and breaking the speed limit by 40 kilometers per
hour. Maj Gen Al-Ali further revealed that among the thousands of vehicles
impounded during the ongoing crackdowns, 1005 were taken to the scrap to be
destroyed.
“These vehicles were of 1985 model or earlier, and failed the
validity tests, thus becoming unfit for driving in Kuwait,” the senior official
said, adding that such cars are usually used for reckless driving, drifting and
other activities that involve performing dangerous stunts.
Meanwhile, Maj Gen Al-Ali revealed that several forged driver’s
licenses were discovered during the campaigns, and added that legal action will
be taken against those having such licenses “and those who issued them.” In
this regard, he urged anyone who obtained a driver’s license illegally to
either “destroy it” or “hand it over to the General Traffic Department in which
case he or she will be reconsidered as a witness instead of partner in the
crime.”
According to a report published last month, there are at least
1.6 million registered vehicles in Kuwait; a country in which foreigners are
required to meet certain conditions to obtain a driver’s license which include
a university degree, a minimum of KD400 monthly pay and being a resident in
Kuwait for at least two years. Kuwait is home to around 2.6 million expatriates
who make up nearly two thirds of the state’s total population of 3.8 million,
according to official statistics.
UNGLAUBLICH! Dann dürfte
ich ja kein Auto fahren! Habe ja keinen Universitätsabschluss!
In the meantime, Maj Gen Al-Ali refuted allegations speculating
that the recent crackdowns were targeting expatriates, indicating that
appropriate legal procedures were taken against hundreds of Kuwaitis during the
campaigns. These speculations were mostly based on the government’s announced
plans to tackle the country’s demographic imbalance, a claim that has been
refuted by state officials. Last March, Minister of Social Affairs and Labor
Thekra Al-Rashidi announced a plan to deport 100,000 foreigners annually as
part of the Gulf state’s efforts to restore the demographic balance.
WER soll denn dann die ganze Arbeit hier machen??? Kuwaitis gehören
nicht gerade zur arbeitswilligen Bevölkerung in ihrem Land! Ich gebe denen eine
Woche und dann kommt das Land in Müll um!
Details of the plan, by which the government looks to deport a
million foreigners in ten years, are yet to be revealed, but Al-Rashidi had
later hinted that individuals to be targeted were chiefly going to be ‘marginal
labor forces’ or workers who usually accept menial labor and often live without
valid visas. This plan, along with the traffic department’s mass deportations,
have garnered wide criticism from unionists and right groups in Kuwait and
abroad who called upon the government to instead cancel the sponsorship system
as being the ‘best solution’ to address demographic imbalance.
Last month, the parliament passed a draft law to establish the
Labor Public Authority, a state body to be tasked with handling foreigners’
employment duties and providing the legal framework to eventually replace the
sponsorship system. Under this law, the authority will directly supervise the
labor force in the private and oil sectors, including the process of visa
issuance and transfer.
A report published by Al-Qabas yesterday listed details of the
authority’s establishment law, which specified that “the authority alone can
recruit expatriate labor forces in the private and oil sector as per the employer’s
request.” The sponsorship or ‘kafala’ system is said to contain loopholes often
exploited by visa traffickers to release work permits in the name of fake
companies or nonexistent job openings and then sell these to unskilled labor
forces looking for a chance to work in the oil-rich Gulf region. – Al-Anba
& Al-Qabas
Wer auch immer
das liest - was denkt ihr darüber???
Noch ein kleines "Extra"
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| Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat |
Morning nightmare: (DAILY!!!)
A traffic jam in Salmiya during school hours as parents stop along the road to drop their kids.
In diesem Sinne Salam
wa sa’aadah
