Kuwait deported 3,000 Egyptians last year, according to the Kuwaiti daily Al-Rai, out of a total of 30,000 people who had to leave the country.
Al-Quds reported that they had been deported for a range of reasons, including drug abuse, theft, expiration of residency and acting against the public interest.
Egyptians are the largest expat group in Kuwait, constituting 24 per cent of the workforce, though that number looks set to reduce as the…