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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 discovered in the late 1930s.
Premium Residency is separate from the current iqama residency because it grants more of the rights and privileges given to permanent residents in other countries. Current iqama holders must have a sponsor and must still regularly renew their permits based on their employment status as well as the government's migration policy decisions. These ...
The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development has developed an employment strategy that was approved by the Saudi Council of Ministers in 2009. This strategy is based on providing sufficient job opportunities in terms of number, and appropriate in terms of pay, leading to full employment of Saudi human resources, and achieving a ...
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."
Saudization (Arabic: السعودة), [1] officially the Saudi nationalization scheme and also known as Nitaqat (Arabic: النطاقات), is a policy that is implemented in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by the Ministry of Labor and Social Development, which requires companies and enterprises to fill their workforce with Saudi nationals up to certain levels.
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The minister of interior has several objectives and the ministry's mission is summarized as follows: Achieve security and stability Kingdom-wide, provide tranquility and safety for the citizens and fight against all means of crime to ensure the safety of Saudi society and its development.
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte speaking to a group of repatriated overseas Filipino workers from Saudi Arabia in 2016. Every year, an unknown number of Filipinos in Saudi Arabia are "victims of sexual abuses, maltreatment, unpaid salaries, and other labor malpractices," according to John Leonard Monterona, the Middle East coordinator of Migrante, a Manila-based OFW organization. [14]