11 November 2010
KUWAIT: Expatriates now account for 69 percent of Kuwait's population, with the country ranking fourth worldwide in terms of the ratio of expatriates to citizens, according to a World Bank report issued on Tuesday. Qatar topped the list, with expats making up 87 percent of the country's population, with Monaco in second place with 72 percent of its population being expatriates, while the UAE came in third with 70 percent. Meanwhile, Honduras stands in current fifth place, with only 36 percent of its popula
tion being Honduran nationals.
The World Bank report also revealed that the United States continues to top the list of countries for immigration, with Russia, Germany, Saudi Arabia and Canada also seeing high numbers of immigrants. The report further revealed that by the end of 2010 it expects the total of money transfer transactions from developed nations to developing ones for the year to rise by 5.9 percent on the previous year. It added that the total amount transferred in remittances globally for 2010 currently stands at $325 billi
on, compared to $307 billion in 2009.
The bank also predicted that the amount transferred in remittances would increase over the next two years, reaching $370 billion by 2012, reported Al-Watan. Saudi Arabia topped the World Bank's list of countries from which most remittances are sent, followed by Switzerland, Russia and Germany. Meanwhile, India, China, Mexico, the Philippines and France headed the nations receiving most cash in money transfers.
Meanwhile, an "okay" number of housemaids working in Kuwait are happy with their job conditions and well treated by their employers, according to a leading human rights organization official. Priyanka Motaparthy, a researcher with the Middle East and North Africa Division of Human Rights Watch, made the comments during a lecture hosted by the Gulf University of Science and Technology (GUST) on the rights of domestic workers in Kuwait and elsewhere in the Middle East.
Motaparthy indicated that in her research conducted for a report into the working conditions of Asian workers in the Gulf region, she had found that many housemaids working in Kuwait are happy with their job situation and well-treated by their employers, reported Al-Qabas. The senior human rights official also explained that the HRW's media campaign launched in Kuwait and Lebanon was mainly intended to address the problems of those domestic workers who had not experienced the same good fortune as their luc
kier counterparts in their working conditions and treatment.
KUWAIT: Expatriates now account for 69 percent of Kuwait's population, with the country ranking fourth worldwide in terms of the ratio of expatriates to citizens, according to a World Bank report issued on Tuesday. Qatar topped the list, with expats making up 87 percent of the country's population, with Monaco in second place with 72 percent of its population being expatriates, while the UAE came in third with 70 percent. Meanwhile, Honduras stands in current fifth place, with only 36 percent of its popula
tion being Honduran nationals.
The World Bank report also revealed that the United States continues to top the list of countries for immigration, with Russia, Germany, Saudi Arabia and Canada also seeing high numbers of immigrants. The report further revealed that by the end of 2010 it expects the total of money transfer transactions from developed nations to developing ones for the year to rise by 5.9 percent on the previous year. It added that the total amount transferred in remittances globally for 2010 currently stands at $325 billi
on, compared to $307 billion in 2009.
The bank also predicted that the amount transferred in remittances would increase over the next two years, reaching $370 billion by 2012, reported Al-Watan. Saudi Arabia topped the World Bank's list of countries from which most remittances are sent, followed by Switzerland, Russia and Germany. Meanwhile, India, China, Mexico, the Philippines and France headed the nations receiving most cash in money transfers.
Meanwhile, an "okay" number of housemaids working in Kuwait are happy with their job conditions and well treated by their employers, according to a leading human rights organization official. Priyanka Motaparthy, a researcher with the Middle East and North Africa Division of Human Rights Watch, made the comments during a lecture hosted by the Gulf University of Science and Technology (GUST) on the rights of domestic workers in Kuwait and elsewhere in the Middle East.
Motaparthy indicated that in her research conducted for a report into the working conditions of Asian workers in the Gulf region, she had found that many housemaids working in Kuwait are happy with their job situation and well-treated by their employers, reported Al-Qabas. The senior human rights official also explained that the HRW's media campaign launched in Kuwait and Lebanon was mainly intended to address the problems of those domestic workers who had not experienced the same good fortune as their luc
kier counterparts in their working conditions and treatment.
© Kuwait Times 2010
