The official figure of job loss for Indian workers in United Arab Emirates (UAE) is 150000 due to economic crisis and recession. This is reveled by Overseas Indian affairs minister Vayalar Ravi in Loksabha. Most of the workers have returned to India on leave without pay with the expectation that they would be able to go back to the Gulf country once the situation improves. The job losses are there even in other middle east countries – Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar. Some Indiansalso returned from far east countries like Malaysia due to economic slowdown.
The countries which are least affected are Afghanistan, Syria, Sudan, Brunei, Libya, Jordan and Lebanon where job losses are not significant.
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