A Kuwaiti MP sets off a whirlwind .. “The harm of immigrants is greater than their benefit.”

After the Kuwaiti artist, Hayat Al-Fahd, sparked controversy due to statements she made about the arrivals, especially those infected with the Corona virus, it seems that the ball has moved to the court of Kuwaiti MP Safaa Al-Hashem.

Yesterday, Friday, the controversial deputy in Kuwait called on the government to take an urgent decision and deport arrivals In light of the outbreak of the Corona virus.

They do more harm than good.”

She also said in statements that she retweeted on her Twitter account: The presence of most of the arrivals now in these circumstances has become a danger to Kuwait, and their harm has become greater than their benefit, because they are one of the main reasons for the spread of the epidemic, so returning them to their countries limits the risk of the virus and greatly solves the problem of the composition population.”

Hayat Al-Fahd is not racist and my statements have been misunderstood

As the parliamentarian wrote on Facebook: “After the number of corona infections reached this large number and the epidemiological investigation is increasing, the government must push an urgent and without hesitation decision to deport all expatriates who do not work and are considered marginal workers.”

These statements sparked widespread controversy on the communication sites, and the opinions of the commentators were divided between supporters and opponents, and severe critics, considering these ideas as blatant racism.

The prestigious Kuwaiti artist, Hayat Al-Fahd, in turn, sparked controversy with statements that she said she had misunderstood.

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She explained in an interview with Al-Arabiya, on Wednesday evening, that her statements about the deportation of the injured arrivals were misunderstood, stressing that they are not Racism.

She also indicated that the pressure on her country has increased significantly, pointing out that the hospitals are full, and Kuwait is a small country that cannot tolerate the presence of "4 million people above the million citizens," as she put it.

It is noteworthy that Kuwait recorded, on Friday, the highest death toll from Corona in the country within 24 hours. And the official spokesman for the Ministry of Health, Abdullah Al-Sanad, announced during the daily health conference on the developments of Corona, that 75 new cases had been recorded during the past twenty-four hours, bringing the number of cases registered in the country to 417.