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• Migrants

  Migrant Labour – Saudi Arabia ‘deports 40,000 Pakistani workers over terror fears’

  13 February, by McKERNAN Bethan

  Thousands of foreign national workers allegedly expelled from country over visa violations and security concerns, as protests over unpaid wages continue.
  The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has expelled almost 40,000 Pakistani migrant workers in the last four months, local media has reported.
  Over (...)

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  Migrant Labour – Saudi Arabia says it has deported more than 250,000 foreign migrant workers

  22 January 2014, by Associated Press

  Interior ministry says migrants deported since start of crackdown in November were residing in country illegally.
  Saudi Arabia says it has deported more than 250,000 foreign migrant workers from the kingdom over the past three months.
  The interior ministry said late on Tuesday that the (...)

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  Sri Lankan migrant in Saudi Arabia: Statement on the execution of Rizana Nafeek

  11 January 2013, by Collective

  We, the undersigned, condemn in the strongest terms the beheading of Rizana Nafeek – the Sri Lankan domestic migrant worker convicted aged 17 in 2005, for the accidental death of an infant – in Saudi Arabia on the morning of 09 January 2013.
  We are shocked at the decision of Saudi Arabia’s (...)

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  Rizana Nafeek executed in Saudi Arabia - President Mr. Rajapaksha (Sri Lanka) bears full responsibility for this death

  9 January 2013, by AHRC

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-011-2013 January 9, 2013
  A Statement from the Asian Human Rights Commission
  SRI LANKA: Rizana Nafeek executed - President Mr. Rajapaksha bears full responsibility for this death
  According to reports received, the Government of Saudi Arabia has executed Ms. (...)