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Attestation suspended of Bank Guarantee for “Indian Domestic Workers” In Kuwait
The Embassy of India in Kuwait after discussions with the Kuwaiti authorities has agreed to suspend the equivalent of KD 720 bank guarantee which was required from sponsors in Kuwait to bring a female domestic worker from India.
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Kuwait rejects India’s bank guarantee measure for recruiting domestic helpers
The India government has backed down on a move to implement a KD720 ($2450) bank guarantee for Kuwaiti employers of Indian workers. Kuwait had threatened to ban Indian expatriates moving to the country in response to the guarantee payment, announced in September, during high level diplomatic talks with the Indian ambassador to Kuwait.
Source : ArabianBusiness (04.01.2015)
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Kuwait ranks 46th in ‘Slavery Index’
Kuwait ranked 46th in the 2014 Global Slavery Index with 0.709 percent of its population in modern slavery — 23,900 out of 3,368,572. Walk Free Foundation, a human rights group based in Australia, released its second annual slavery index recently. Continue Reading »
