There are roughly 3 million Indians employed in Saudi Arabia, which depends on foreign workers to fill jobs in its services, manufacturing and construction sectors.
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Many have also lost legal status, as residence permits are handled by their employers.
Building projects have fallen off dramatically along with the drop in oil revenue.
It employs around 50,000 people of various nationalities. No contracts have been awarded by the government since the end of previous year, the bank said.
A team from the Indian embassy had on Monday met Saudi labour officials to complete procedures relating to the protection of legal dues of the workers once they have departed from the country.
The Indian Embassy in Riyadh will follow up with the labour office of Saudi Arabia to get all the dues of the workers cleared, she added.
The Minister said the Saudi government has clarified that it will issue Exit Visas to all the workers and also ensure that they will be sent back to India at the expenses of the Saudi Government. Many workers who wished to return were unable to as their papers were not in order.
“Large number of Indians has [sic] lost their jobs in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait”.
The quarters concerned were vigorously perusing the matter with Saudi Deputy Foreign Minister, Minister of Justice and Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Governor of Eastern Province as well as the management of the companies concerned, said a press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday.
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Workers at one of the camps told CNNMoney that their bosses at Oger stopped showing up to work about seven months ago, and they had heard nothing from the company since. “We will help them out in all possible ways”, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said in a statement.
Oger representatives were not available for comment.
He directed the overseas ministry to keep in touch with the Pakistani mission in Saudi Arabia till the issue is resolved.
According to a spokesman for Prime Minister’s House, a special centre would provide aid, food, medicine and shelter to the stranded Pakistanis.
There is a strong possibility that the Saudi company would be closed, said the embassy official.
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“They have also agreed to allow transfer (of employees) to any other company within Saudi Arabia”.
