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The Saudi Arabian government  has offered a grace period for the overstaying Sri Lankan migrant workers.

All establishments, individuals and foreign workers must hasten to correct violations of residency and labor laws, benefiting from these additional facilities and exemptions before the end of the grace period on Shaban 24, 1434 (July 3, 2013), after which the concerned government departments will start inspection campaigns and will apply the law on violating fore

Dubai: Saudi Arabia has handed over about 15,000 passports of stranded Indian workers, surrendered by Saudi sponsors, to the Indian Embassy in Riyadh, in a bid to resolve cases of immigration law violations.

Dubai: Responding to an appeal by Indian Ambassador Hamid Ali Rao, 400 expatriate Indians have registered as volunteers to help Indian workers in that country affected by a new labour policy.

Dubai: Saudi Arabia warned illegal foreign workers, including Indians, that they will face jail and fines once the three-month grace period ends on July 3, but those willing to return to India will not face any penalty.

Under the amnesty, foreign workers will be able to change their place of work, company of employment and professions

RIYADH — Two distinguished Gulf academics warned on Wednesday against the danger non-Arab speaking labor poses to the Arabic language and culture in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries.

Growth in Saudi Arabia’s employment market saw a sharp decline in April, data from HSBC show, amid an intensifying crackdown on illegal workers in the Kingdom.