http://arabnews.com/saudiarabia/article588537.ece Saudi ban deals heavy blow to Indonesian recruitment firms By RIYADH: ARAB NEWS
Published: Mar 18, 2012 01:15 Updated: Mar 19, 2012 17:21 Around 80 percent of recruitment offices have been closed down in Indonesian capital Jakarta following a Saudi ban on recruitment of Indonesian domestic workers, said a member of the Eastern Province Chamber of Commerce and Industry (EPCCI) recruitment committee. Last week Saudi Arabia said it banned the recruitment of domestic workers from Indonesia and the Philippines following hiring conditions imposed by the two Asian countries. Meanwhile, recruitment offices in Saudi Arabia are now focusing on the recruitment of men from both countries for technical jobs. Last week's decision to ban the recruitment of housemaids from both countries has caused them heavy losses, he claimed. The EPCCI recruitment committee member said the Kingdom used to recruit 15,000 to 20,000 domestic workers from Indonesia per month and sometimes the figure jumped to 25,000 workers monthly in certain seasons. In light of the decision, some 80,000 work visas were suspended at the Saudi Embassy in Jakarta causing the Saudi recruitment offices millions of riyals worth of losses, he said. Following last week's decision, Saudi recruitment offices have opted for other countries such as Ethiopia, Kenya and Sri Lanka, he said. However, recruitment processes involving these countries were more risky and could inflict more losses on Saudi recruitment offices, he pointed out. A recruitment office owner said offices in Ethiopia, Kenya and Sri Lanka were found to have committed fraudulent practices and sometimes did not produce workers as agreed. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
