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The Saudi Arabian government is likely to cancel cases charged under the Huroob (runaway from sponsor) law against migrant workers.

ABU DHABI // Migrant workers in Arabian Gulf countries generate up to US$80 billion of remittances each year.

ABU DHABI // The importance of labour is increasing in receiving and sending countries, diplomats agreed yesterday.

ABU DHABI // The UAE has contributed significantly to the Philippines' labour mobility as it is one of the country's top 10 markets for overseas Filipino workers, Rosalinda Baldoz, the Philippines' labour secretary said yesterday.

Kuwaiti Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Thikra Al-Rashidi said Tuesday her country adopted laws to ensure protection and care for workers in the framework of the targets set by the UN Development Program (UNDP) for 2000-15.

That is more than a third of the 865 inspections that were conducted the whole of last year, when the Ministry took action against 1,062 employers.

Abu Dhabi: The principal focus of scholarly and popular writings on labour migration to the Gulf is the harms and abuse perceived to be associated with the phenomenon, not the benefits to workers or countries, an international conference on Labour Mobility heard yesterday (Wednesday).

LONDON – Barely 20 percent was the turnout of voters in the United Kingdom despite the one-month voting period.