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Remittances earned by illegal workers cost Saudi Arabia 10 percent of its GDP during the decade to 2002, according to research by a Saudi economist.

LONDON – More than 45 foreign maids are facing execution on death row in Saudi Arabia amid growing international outrage at the treatment of migrant workers.

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.

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 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

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.