Manama: The routine clinical screening of expatriates coming into the Gulf Cooperation Countries (GCC) might be also used to detect homosexuals, a senior Kuwaiti official was quoted as saying by the Gulf News today.
A central committee tasked with the status of expatriates will look into the proposal when it convenes on November 11, Yousuf Mindkar, the director of public health at the Kuwaiti health ministry, has said.
Health centres conduct the routine medical check to assess the health of the expatriates when they come into the GCC countries, he said. However, we will take stricter measures that will help us detect gays who will be then barred from entering Kuwait or any of the GCC member states, he said, quoted by local daily Al Rai on Monday.
Homosexual acts are banned in Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, the GCC member countries.
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