Expatriates control 70 percent of Gulf labor market

Published February 27th, 2002 - 02:00 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

Official statistics show that expatriate labor in the six Arabian Gulf states hold 70 percent of available employement, reported Al Hayat. The number of expatriate workers in the Arabian Gulf states groes by 1.5 percent per annum. Thus, the number of expatriate employees is expected to grow to 11.2 million in 2005 compared with 10 million in 1997. — (menareport.com) 

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