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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.
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]
Website Ministry of Commerce: Majid bin Abdullah Al Qasabi: 1954 mc.gov.sa /en: Ministry of Communications and Information Technology: Abdullah Alswaha: 1926 www.mcit.gov.sa /en / Ministry of Culture: Badr bin Abdullah Al Saud: 2018 www.moc.gov.sa /en: Ministry of Defence: Khalid bin Salman Al Saud: 1943 www.mod.gov.sa /en: Ministry of Economy ...
The United Arab Emirates has a work visa sponsorship system to issue work permits for foreign alien nationals who wish to migrate for work in the UAE. [14] Most of the visas are sponsored by institutions and companies. A person looking to enter the UAE for work needs to first procure a work permit from the Ministry of Human Resources.
The kafala system (also spelled "kefala system"; Arabic: نظام الكفالة, romanized: niẓām al-kafāla; meaning "sponsorship system") is a system that exists in many Arab countries in the Middle East, including most of the nations on the Arabian Peninsula, [2] which involves binding migrant workers to a specific employer throughout the period of their residence in a country.
The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf [2] (Arabic: مجلس التعاون لدول الخلیج العربية), also known as the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC; Arabic: مجلس التعاون الخليجي), is a regional, intergovernmental, political, and economic union comprising Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.
The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (HRSD; Arabic: وزارة الموارد البشرية والتنمية الاجتماعية) is a government ministry in Saudi Arabia. It was established in 2019 after merging Ministry of Labour and Social Development with Ministry of Civil Service. [1] It is responsible for community ...
The UAE's economy is the 4th largest in the Middle East (after Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Israel), with a gross domestic product (GDP) of US$415 billion (AED 1.83 trillion) in 2021-2023. [ 5 ] The UAE economy is heavily reliant on revenues from petroleum and natural gas, especially in Abu Dhabi. In 2009, more than 85% of the UAE's economy was ...