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| Subject: Saudi Arabia's sweeping crackdown on foreign workers has caused a severe labour shortage Fri Nov 15, 2013 3:31 am | |
| Saudi Arabia's sweeping crackdown on foreign workers has caused a severe labour shortage throughout the kingdom, with garbage reportedly piling up around major cities, crops going unpicked and school buses sitting idle without drivers.
More than 20,000 foreign workers have been arrested, after an amnesty that allowed those employed without proper visas to formalise their status ended last week.
Along with labour shortages and mass arrests there is also growing civil unrest, with violent clashes breaking out between workers and residents.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/unrest-as-saudi-arabia-expels-foreign-workers-20131115-2xla8.html#ixzz2khX67mKA |
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