Saudi Arabia: Information on the expulsion of foreign workers from Saudi Arabia in recent years
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 May 1992 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | SAU10724 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Saudi Arabia: Information on the expulsion of foreign workers from Saudi Arabia in recent years, 1 May 1992, SAU10724, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab6e2.html [accessed 25 May 2023] |
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Attached please find Response to Information Request SAU8822 on the expulsion of Palestinians from Saudi Arabia.
Although not referring specifically to the expulsion of foreign workers from Saudi Arabia, the following information may be noteworthy. The Chicago Tribune reports that "under the guise of saudi-izing the work-force - though really to punish neighbouring Yemen for its fence-straddling in the gulf crisis - the Saudis recently forced tens of thousands of Yemeni workers to leave the kingdom" (25 Nov. 1990, 3).
According to The New York Times, the "Saudi officials say they are tightening controls on Yemeni workers in particular, because they assert Yemen has shown itself to be sympathetic to Iraq" (26 Sept. 1990, 2).
The Los Angeles Times states that:
[t]housands of Yemenis have left Saudi Arabia since Sept[ember] 18, when Saudi officials, irked with the Yemeni government's support of Iraq, cancelled all entry, residence and work privileges for 1 million or more Yemenis in Saudi Arabia. The order also applied to some Palestinians working here as well (3 Oct. 1990, 1).
Additional information on the above subject is currently unavailable to the IRBDC.
References
Chicago Tribune. 25 November 1990. "Saudi Arabia's 'Guest Workers' Disenfranchised, Discontented." (NEXIS)
Immigration and Refugee Board Documentation Centre (IRBDC), Ottawa. 19 June 1991. Response to Information Request SAU8822.
Los Angeles Times. 3 October 1990. "Yemenis Wear Out Their Welcome in Saudi Arabia." (NEXIS)
The New York Times. 26 September 1990. "Confrontation in the Gulf; Saudi Arabia, Fearing Terrorist Attacks, Tightens Internal Security." (NEXIS)
Attachments
Chicago Tribune. 25 November 1990. "Saudi Arabia's 'Guest Workers' Disenfranchised, Discontented," pp. 1-3. (NEXIS)
Immigration and Refugee Board Documentation Centre (IRBDC), Ottawa. 19 June 1991. Response to Information Request SAU8822.
Los Angeles Times. 3 October 1990. "Yemenis Wear Out Their Welcome in Saudi Arabia," pp. 1-3. (NEXIS)
The New York Times. 26 September 1990. "Confrontation in the Gulf; Saudi Arabia, Fearing Terrorist Attacks, Tightens Internal Security," pp. 1, 2.
