The data has been released that about 24.6 million people are employed in the labor market of the Gulf, of which 19 million are foreign workers.
We use Google Cloud Translation Services. Google requires we provide the following disclaimer relating to use of this service:
This service may contain translations powered by Google. Google disclaims all warranties related to the translations, expressed or implied, including any warranties of accuracy, reliability, and any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and noninfringement.
It has been revealed that 78 percent of the workers working in the Gulf region are foreign workers.
This data was released at the 11th high-level meeting of the Gulf Coordination Council (GCC) held in Kuwait, which includes the governments of the Gulf countries. Within the GCC, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Qatar, Kuwait, Oman and Bahrain are .
About 24.6 million people are employed in the labor market of the Gulf, and 19.9 million are foreign workers. Detailed data on how many workers are in the Gulf has not been made public. According to the embassies in the Gulf, there are about 1.5 million Nepalis working in these 6 countries.
Executive Director General of Kuwait's Public Authority for Manpower, Marzouk Al Otaibi, said that there is a challenge to balance the increasing influence of foreign workers and it is necessary to advance the common labor strategy.
According to the of local media, private sector employment, nationalization, social security, labor development and women's participation in the labor market were discussed in the meeting. In the
meeting, Assistant Secretary-General for Economic and Development Affairs of the GCC, Khaled Al Sunaidi, said that labor policy is the cornerstone of sustainable development. "It is necessary to bring uniformity in labor regulations between the Gulf countries, to improve the workplace environment and to make the human resources competitive," he said.
He urged the governments to maintain a balance between providing employment to national citizens and using skilled foreign labor force and mentioned that the ups and downs in the world economy show the need for continuous cooperation .
Other articles/reporting published in Ekantipur about Nepali workers working in the Gulf
