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In 2015, Saudi Arabia introduced reforms in an attempt to fix its laws and protect foreign workers. [47] Saudi Arabia was exposed by The Sunday Telegraph for detaining African migrants in a drive to control COVID-19. The newspaper received graphic mobile phone images, showing the miserable condition of the detained migrants.
Saudi Arabia expelled 40,000 Pakistani workers within four months at the end of 2016 and the early part of 2017, citing security concerns. [9] Abdullah Al-Sadoun, chairman of the security committee of the Shoura Council, asked for Pakistani citizens to be scrutinized before being allowed to come into Saudi Arabia. [10]
Saudi Arabia has one of the fastest growing populations in the world. [29] The majority of migrant workers in Saudi Arabia come from South Asia. [29] Although migrants constitute 33% of the total population, they represent 56.5% of the total number of employees and 89% of the employees active in the private sector. [29]
The plight of the workers, stranded for months, has alarmed their home countries, and the Saudi government is working to resolve the situation. Abandoned in Saudi desert camps, migrant workers won ...
He was talking about migrant workers in Saudi Arabia, which on Wednesday was confirmed as host of the 2034 World Cup. At an extraordinary virtual congress, FIFA approved by acclamation a Saudi bid ...
Amid the construction of Saudi Arabia’s $1 trillion giga-project known as The Line, reports of 21,000 foreign worker deaths since 2017 were unveiled. ... “Migrant workers are at higher risk of ...
Indonesians in Saudi Arabia consist largely of female domestic workers, with a minority of other types of labour migrants.As of 2018, an estimated 600,000 Indonesians (excluding Indonesian ancestry) [7] were believed to be working in Saudi Arabia, comparable to the numbers of migrants are the groups from Bangladesh, India, Philippines and Pakistan, which number between 1 and 4 million people each.
According to a 2008 HRW report, [11] under the kafala system in Saudi Arabia, "an employer assumes responsibility for a hired migrant worker and must grant explicit permission before the worker can enter Saudi Arabia, transfer employment, or leave the country. The kafala system gives the employer immense control over the worker."