Kuwait allows return of stranded 1,000 expat teachers

Kuwaiti authorities have agreed to return nearly 1,000 expat teachers and technicians stranded abroad due to travel restrictions in place to stem the spread of the coronavirus, according to Al Anba newspaper reports citing well-informed government sources.

The Kuwaiti ministries of education and interior have agreed to renew residency permits of the stranded teachers in major subjects needed in the country. Those subjects are physics, chemistry, maths, as well as the Arabic and English languages.

Those teachers have already registered their names in Kuwaiti embassies abroad and their names will be sent to the Interior Ministry next week for residency renewal.

Technicians include service providers, social workers, psychology specialists and accountants.
“Their return will be via transit trips so far, but we have asked the bodies concerned to allow their return directly. We are waiting for a reply,” according to the sources.