In the intricate web of travel bans weaving through Kuwait, recent statistics unveiled by the Enforcement Department’s Travel Ban Section at the Ministry of Justice have illuminated noteworthy trends impacting both Kuwaiti citizens and expatriates. The shadow of restriction falls heavy, with approximately 16,000 travel bans casting their net over wanderlust-stricken souls during the months of January and February. Yet, amidst the gloom, rays of liberation peek through, with 8,033 orders to lift these burdensome bans, alongside 917 fleeting whispers of “one-time travel” requests.
January whispered the issuance of 6,642 travel bans, a number that swelled to 9,006 in the biting cold of February. However, a contrary wind blew in the realm of liberation, with orders to lift travel bans reaching 6,642 in January, albeit dwindling to 3,811 in February.
In this saga of restriction and release, Al-Ahmadi Governorate emerges as a realm besieged, bearing the weight of 4,321 travel ban decrees. Yet, it is Farwaniya that stands as a close contender, shouldering 3,641 bans, while Hawalli watches from its vantage point with 2,452 shackles. Al-Jahra and the capital each echo with their own tales of woe, registering 2,381 and 1,757 travel ban orders, while Mubarak Al-Kabeer languishes with the fewest, 1,096.
In the halls of the Family Court, 1,211 travel ban procedures unfurl their parchment, with January’s ledger bearing 620, and February’s, 591. A glimmer of hope dances amidst the legal tapestries, with 380 orders to lift travel bans, including 220 petitions in January and 160 in February.
Venturing deeper into the labyrinth of restriction, 27,809 travel ban orders entangle themselves within the realm of rentals, a staggering 14,420 ensnaring souls in January, and 13,389 in February. Meanwhile, the Family Court takes to the roads, wielding its judicial scepter with 907 vehicle seizure and seizure procedures, 474 in January, and 433 in February.
Amidst this intricate dance of justice and debt, a chorus of reasons echoes through the halls of the Ministry of Justice. Outstanding checks, bank debts, unpaid phone bills, installment payments, overdue rents, and electricity bills sing their siren song, intertwining lives with the threads of restriction.
In this tale of numbers and nuances, Kuwait’s Travel Ban Landscape emerges as a tapestry woven with the threads of necessity and constraint, where each statistic whispers a story of its own.
