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GCC countries will soon pass a law regulating foreign labor in the Gulf countries, including returning to their home countries “marginal” and unskilled foreign workers, a Gulf official said.

RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia will take new steps, including jail terms for small business owners and the hiring of 1,000 inspectors, to crack down on foreigners working illegally in the world's top oil exporter, Labour Minister Adel al-Fakieh said.

There will be three options under a new plan by the Ministry of Labor to obtain information on companies that are violating labor laws, said Adel Fakeih, minister of labor, yesterday on an MBC show hosted by Dawood Al-Shirian.

A problem that has taken years to develop cannot possibly be solved overnight.

Hundreds of Filipino expatriates are camping under the sweltering sun in dozens of tents that have been pitched close to the Philippine Consulate in Jeddah’s Rehab district.

The Kingdom’s Nitaqat drive targeting illegals has received support from India.

New Delhi/Berlin: Saudi Arabia’s new labour policy will affect only illegal immigrants and not genuine workers employed in the Kingdom, India’s External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid has said.

Employers face fines of up to SR 100,000 if they employ expatriates who are not under their sponsorship.