Nitaqat law: Emergency exit papers of 18,000 Indians processed

May 10, 2013 01:01 am | Updated November 16, 2021 10:08 pm IST - Dubai:

About 18,000 Indian workers in Saudi Arabia, who had applied for emergency exit papers amid concerns about possible job losses after a new labour law, have got their travel documents processed, an Indian Embassy official was quoted as saying by the Arab News.

Sibi George, deputy chief of the mission, was responding to figures released in the Indian Parliament yesterday by Overseas Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi.

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