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Pakistani labour at Al Masjid Nabawi (the Prophet's Mosque) in Medina. Foreign workers in Saudi Arabia (Arabic: العَمالَة الأَجْنَبِيَّة فِي السَعُودِيَّة, romanized: al-ʿamālah al-ʾāǧnabīyah fī as-Saʿūdīyah), estimated to number about 9 million as of April 2013, [1] [failed verification] began migrating to the country soon after oil was ...
The Ministry was established in 1961 under the name of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs. [2] In 2004, The Ministry was separated into two independent ministries: the Ministry of Labor and the Ministry of Social Affairs. later, in 2015, the two ministers were merged into one ministry to become the Ministry of Labor and Social Development. [2]
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]
There are two MWO offices within the consular jurisdiction of the Embassy: one in Riyadh, which covers the central regions of Saudi Arabia, and one in Al Khobar, which serves OFWs in the Eastern Regions. On the other hand, in the western parts of Saudi Arabia, the MWO-Jeddah is based within the Philippine Consulate General's office in Jeddah. [27]
Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) in Saudi Arabia (Arabic: الهنود في السعودية, romanized: al-Hunūd fī as-Saʿūdīyah) are the largest community of expatriates in the country, with most of them coming from the states of Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana [2] and most recently, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh [3] and Gujarat.
Sharfia and Baghdadia district are other districts with significant Pakistani communities. Similarly, Al Shemaisy and Al Manfuha are areas with a substantial number of amenities related to the Pakistani community i.e. Pakistani food outlets, embroidery, groceries etc. A Pakistani diaspora exists on a smaller scale throughout Saudi Arabia.
This is a discussion of telephone numbers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The country's calling code is +966. In addition to a numbering plan, there are also dedicated numbers or number formats for Internet services, toll-free numbers , and public or emergency services.
Filipinos first arrived in Saudi Arabia in 1973, when a group of Filipino engineers migrated to the country. [6] As of 2009, staff at the Saudi Arabian embassy in the Philippines process between 800 and 900 jobs for Filipinos daily. [7] In 2008, Saudi Arabia had 300,000 job orders for Filipinos. [8]