Saudi Arabia to return foreign workers
The Riyadh administration in Saudi Arabia stated yesterday that it would return 3 million foreign workers, including 30,000 Turks, in order to decrease its unemployment rate which was 10.8 percent in July and increase the number of Saudi citizens at work places. In Saudi Arabia, 31 percent of the population totaling 18,700,000 people consist of foreigners. According to official figures, 20,000 Turkish contracting firms have been operating in Saudi Arabia and the number increases to 30,000 along with sub-sectors.