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Saudis To Tighten Curbs On Foreign Workers In Local Jobs Push: Report
The new policy could help the conservative kingdom achieve one goal of economic reforms launched last year to ease joblessness among Saudis from the current 12.1 percent to 9 percent by 2020.
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22,000 'Nitaqat' Returnees Seek Government Assistance
About 22,000 people, who have returned from Saudi Arabia, have registered with the state government seeking assistance for starting self-employment programmes, an official said.
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Saudi Arabia may restrict expats' stay to eight years
Saudi Arabia might restrict foreign workers' stay in the country to a maximum of eight years under a proposed law to create jobs for its citizens.
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No legal Indian worker affected by Nitaqat policy: Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia on Thursday clarified that its Nitaqat work policy was directed at illegal expatriates and no legal worker had been affected. The kingdom also said that the Indian community had benefitted from the grace period announced with 1.4 million Indian workers regularizing their status.
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Saudi Arabia migrant crackdown closes shops, raises fears
Garbage is piling up on streets around the mosque housing the burial site of the Prophet Muhammad. Grocery stores have shut their doors and almost half of Saudi Arabia's small construction firms have stopped working on projects.
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No leniency for illegal foreign workers: Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia said Saturday that there would be no leniency shown toward those organisations who hire illegal immigrants, Xinhua reported.
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Kerala to the rescue of Saudi returnees as Nitaqat deadline expires
The exodus of migrant workers from Saudi Arabia continues, with nearly 100 people returning to Kerala on a daily basis since November 3.
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Free air tickets for Keralites returning from Saudi Arabia
Kerala government has decided to provide free air tickets to Keralites who want to return from Saudi Arabia, where illegal foreigners were targeted under the country's new labour law, a state minister said.
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5,000 Indian expats in Saudi Arabia get new jobs
Around 5,000 expatriate Indians in Saudi Arabia, affected by a new labour policy in the Gulf nation, have found new jobs, the Indian consul general in Jeddah said.
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Saudi's 'Nitaqat' law: 75,000 Indians set to return, numbers could go up
With thousands of Indians set to return from Saudi Arabia due to the 'Nitaqat' law, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid today said that state governments have been "forewarned" so that the situation does not become "unmanageable".
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India conveys concern to Saudi Arabia over Nitaqat law
India on Sunday conveyed its concerns to Saudi Arabia over possible job loss to a large number of Indians in the Kingdom due to its new labour law.
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Saudis To Tighten Curbs On Foreign Workers In Local Jobs Push: Report
The new policy could help the conservative kingdom achieve one goal of economic reforms launched last year to ease joblessness among Saudis from the current 12.1 percent to 9 percent by 2020.
-
22,000 'Nitaqat' Returnees Seek Government Assistance
About 22,000 people, who have returned from Saudi Arabia, have registered with the state government seeking assistance for starting self-employment programmes, an official said.
-
Saudi Arabia may restrict expats' stay to eight years
Saudi Arabia might restrict foreign workers' stay in the country to a maximum of eight years under a proposed law to create jobs for its citizens.
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No legal Indian worker affected by Nitaqat policy: Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia on Thursday clarified that its Nitaqat work policy was directed at illegal expatriates and no legal worker had been affected. The kingdom also said that the Indian community had benefitted from the grace period announced with 1.4 million Indian workers regularizing their status.
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Saudi Arabia migrant crackdown closes shops, raises fears
Garbage is piling up on streets around the mosque housing the burial site of the Prophet Muhammad. Grocery stores have shut their doors and almost half of Saudi Arabia's small construction firms have stopped working on projects.
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No leniency for illegal foreign workers: Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia said Saturday that there would be no leniency shown toward those organisations who hire illegal immigrants, Xinhua reported.
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Kerala to the rescue of Saudi returnees as Nitaqat deadline expires
The exodus of migrant workers from Saudi Arabia continues, with nearly 100 people returning to Kerala on a daily basis since November 3.
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Free air tickets for Keralites returning from Saudi Arabia
Kerala government has decided to provide free air tickets to Keralites who want to return from Saudi Arabia, where illegal foreigners were targeted under the country's new labour law, a state minister said.
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5,000 Indian expats in Saudi Arabia get new jobs
Around 5,000 expatriate Indians in Saudi Arabia, affected by a new labour policy in the Gulf nation, have found new jobs, the Indian consul general in Jeddah said.
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Saudi's 'Nitaqat' law: 75,000 Indians set to return, numbers could go up
With thousands of Indians set to return from Saudi Arabia due to the 'Nitaqat' law, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid today said that state governments have been "forewarned" so that the situation does not become "unmanageable".
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India conveys concern to Saudi Arabia over Nitaqat law
India on Sunday conveyed its concerns to Saudi Arabia over possible job loss to a large number of Indians in the Kingdom due to its new labour law.
