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29,000 barred from leaving Kuwait due to debts

13,000 of those with travel bans have debts between KD100 and KD2,000.

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IN THE RED: According to officials the total owed by those Kuwaiti residents banned for travel stands at KD256m. (PICTURE FOR ILLUSTRATION ONLY)
IN THE RED: According to officials the total owed by those Kuwaiti residents banned for travel stands at KD256m. (PICTURE FOR ILLUSTRATION ONLY)

More than 29,000 Kuwaiti citizens are currently barred from leaving the country due to outstanding debts, according to a report in the Al Qabas daily.

The paper quoted a senior official at the Ministry of Justice as saying that 13,000 of the citizens have debts ranging between KD100 ($347) and KD2,000.

Ali Al-Dhubaibi, head of the ministry’s implementation department, told the newspaper that the total owed by those banned for travel stands at KD256m ($889m).

This includes arrears on alimony payments, outstanding bills for state services and loans that were defaulted on.

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