Pakistani workers stranded in Saudi Arabia
Résumé
Date indiquée: 3 Aoû 2016
Lieu: Arabie Saoudite
Entreprises
Saad Trading and Contracting - EmployerConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: 520
Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( 520 - Pakistan , Construction , Gender not reported )Enjeux
Failing to renew visas , Wage TheftRéponse
Response sought: Non
Mesures prises: None reported.
Type de source: 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.