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Kuwait PM proposes drastically scaling back expat population

Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al Khalid Al Sabah suggested the country reduce its number of foreign residents from 70% to 30%.
Foreign workers take a break during lunch at a  building site in Kuwait City October 21,2013. REUTERS/Stephanie McGehee (KUWAIT - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT CONSTRUCTION SOCIETY) - GM1E9AL1H0M01

Kuwait should scale back its expat population from 70% to 30%, the country’s prime minister said Wednesday, as the country grapples with an economic slowdown and collapsing oil prices. 

“We rely on our sons and daughters to work in all professions,” Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al Khalid Al Sabah said in a meeting with newspaper editors, as quoted by state-run KUNA agency.

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