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International migration has many forms and aspects, and trends change historically. For Pakistan, out-migration is today important, since overseas Pakistanis send home sizeable amounts of money. But not all aspects of migration are beneficial to the various sending and receiving countries.

KARACHI: Pakistan can get a massive blow to its remittances as Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has declared 30,000 Pakistani expatriates illegal immigrants on Wednesday following new employment law Nitaqat, according to Saudi media reports.

ISLAMABAD - The Foreign Office spokesman Thursday said that our embassy in Riyadh made sincere efforts to help Pakistanis working in Saudi Arabia affected due to strict immigration rules imposed by the Saudi government.

Pakistani expats in the UAE will have the opportunity to take up loans free of interest when they send money back home.

Thursday, May 23, 2013 - Islamabad—Xpress Money in association with Union Insurance - one of the leading insurance firms in the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) region, today launched remittance industry’s first free life insurance for overseas Pakistanis working in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and Kuwait.

The Pakistan Embassy in Riyadh and its consulate in Jeddah have registered 13,000 illegal Pakistani workers seeking repatriation or rectification of their status before the grace period ends on July 3.

An estimated 11,000 Pakistani illegal workers registered with the consulate, according to consulate officials.

Pakistan’s Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Muhammad Naeem Khan has applauded the Saudi government for granting concession and facilitating Pakistani workers to correct their illegal status in the Kingdom.