Expat Departures to Benefit Saudi Arabia's Unemployed.

The expected departure of more than a million overseas workers from Saudi Arabia could help keep a lid on unemployment among the kingdom's citizens even as the economy contracts the most in two decades. Still, after the last oil market crisis, even as hundreds of thousands of foreigners left Saudi Arabia, only some of their jobs were saved and filled by Saudis. So far, government stimulus measures, including a pledge to cover 60% of salaries for some Saudis in the private sector, have helped to minimize Saudi job losses. [Extracted from the article]

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