Pakistani workers stranded in Saudi Arabia
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 3 Ago 2016
Ubicación: Arabia Saudita
Empresas
Saad Trading and Contracting - EmployerAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: 520
Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( 520 - Pakistán , Construcción , Gender not reported )Temas
Failing to renew visas , Wage TheftRespuesta
Response sought: No
Medidas adoptadas: None reported.
Tipo de fuente: News outlet
Thousands of out-of-job Pakistanis are stranded destitute in Saudi Arabia after the plunge in oil prices sparked construction layoffs. It is only...when some media outlets highlighted the issue that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif took notice...The foreign office...said that government was making all efforts to help laid-off Pakistani employees, and a facilitation centre has been set up for the distressed in Riyadh..520 workers from M/s Saad Trading and Contracting Company [and] 8,000 workers of Saudi Oger.