Expats Leaving Saudi Arabia 2019
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Expats leaving saudi arabia 2019. 09 apr 2019 10 01. Intlinvestment 04 april 2019 tweet. Between early 2017 and the third quarter of last year more than 1 1 million foreigners left the workforce in saudi arabia according to the latest figures from the government statistics agency.
Can saudi arabia manage without its expat workers. All expat workers come to work in saudi arabia through a sponsor who arranges employment and deals with contracts and salaries. 2019 in brief 0 comments.
Overall unemployment in the kingdom fell to 12 3 a slight decrease from 12 5 in the 1q 2019. Saudi arabia s push to replace expat workers with nationals doesn t seem to be working. Some 165 000 foreigners are expected to leave the country by the end of this year most of them single earners.
This week bloomberg published an article on the number of expats who left saudi arabia in the past three years. The article focuses on the claim that these jobs have not yet been filled. Around 1 6 million foreign workers left saudi arabia in the past two years.
By july 2019. Expats need the sponsor s permission to leave a job to travel outside the kingdom and can deny exit to workers involved in court disputes. Employers in saudi arabia will not be allowed to keep employees expatriates iqama health cards passports as reported by saudi local media extension of fine payment for companies for any company violations companies will have to correct their violations within 10 days of time period instead of 30 days and all the fines must be paid within a time period of 60 days instead of 15 days.
Large numbers of expat workers leave saudi arabia in two years. Saudi arabia s vision to create jobs for locals by pushing expat workers out has left the country s economy in disarray as the foreigners leave but there is no one to replace them. Nearly 1 5 million expatriate jobs have gone since the end of 2016 squeezed out by an economic slowdown.
Life in the middle east. As expats leave saudi arabia feels the sting. Expats are leaving saudi arabia in great numbers since 2016.
