Over 141,000 Indians Returned From Saudi Arabia

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Over 141,000 Indians returned home from Saudi Arabia as of Nov 27 during the course of a grace period offered by that Gulf nation to illegal expatriates to rectify their residency status, the government said Wednesday.

Replying to a starred question in the Lok Sabha, Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi said that over 1.4 million Indians availed of the concessions offered during the grace period that ran from April 6 to Nov 4 this year.

Of these 141,301 returned to India “without facing penal action or no ban on their return”, he said.

The grace period was offered after the Saudi government introduced the Nitaqat or Saudisation policy that makes it mandatory for all Saudi companies reserve 10 percent of their jobs for Saudi nationals.

According to the minister, there have been no reports of large-scale arrest of Indian workers in Saudi Arabia following the expiry of the grace period but “there may be a few cases of Indians from the very large Indian community who might fear deportation from Saudi Arabia as they did not avail the concession during the grace period”.

“Additionally, 481,233 Indians (in Saudi Arabia) changed their job/profession. Apart from this, over 470,000 Indians got their licences/job permits renewed,” Ravi said.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE), another Gulf nation that is home to a large number of expatriate Indians, also offered a general amnesty to illegally staying expatriates from December, 2012, to February, 2013.

“A total of 7,923 Indians availed the amnesty,” the minister said.

According to him, in the early months of 2013, some Indian nationals were apprehended in Kuwait for not having valid residency documents.

“The embassy (of India in Kuwait) issued 1,081 emergency certificates for their early repatriation to India,” Ravi stated in his reply.

In Oman, the Indian embassy in Muscat helped in the repatriation of 404 Indians from December last year to November this year by providing them the travel documents and air tickets for their return to India, he added.


Over 141,000 Indians Returned From Saudi Arabia -The New Indian Express

 

[Imran Khan]

well i was reading a news paper few days ago indians were number-1 doing own business here so no wonder they went back .

 

[Star Wars]

Brain gain ....its good which ever way you look at it

 

[Imran Khan]

Brain gain ....its good which ever way you look at it

kya mamoo brain gain ? 90% of them are shopkeeprs unki dukan lut gai hai tujhy brain ki pari hai

 

[IndoCarib]

well i was reading a news paper few days ago indians were number-1 doing own business here so no wonder they went back .

Nitaqat or Saudisation policy that makes it mandatory for all Saudi companies reserve 10 percent of their jobs for Saudi nationals.

 

[Star Wars]

kya mamoo brain gain ? 90% of them are shopkeeprs unki dukan lut gai hai tujhy brain ki pari hai

kuch positive sochne ka koshish kar raha tha

 

[Imran Khan]

Nitaqat or Saudisation policy that makes it mandatory for all Saudi companies reserve 10 percent of their jobs for Saudi nationals.

nope dear that is for companies and companies set that issue already long before . here issue was with poor common men shop keepers and small business holders it was illegal but now they tight it grip so most of them left country indians and -yemen are no1 and 2 effected . now its hard to find a fone both shop open as all were running by yemenies same apply on indians they were small shop owners and now even their sponsored refused to keep them as they also face jail if they do it .