Read the Beforeitsnews.com story here. Advertise at Before It's News here.

By Migrante Middle East
Contributor profile | More stories

Story Views
Now:
Last hour:
Last 24 hours:
Total:

Saudi authorities reject request to extend grace period to legalize status of ‘illegal’ migrants

Sunday, June 2, 2013 4:16

% of readers think this story is Fact. Add your two cents.

Press Release

2 June 2013

Saudi authorities reject request to extend grace period to legalize status of ‘illegal’ migrants

Authorities in Saudi Arabia today rejected requests by embassies as well as public and private sectors to consider providing extension to the 90-day grace period to all ‘illegal’ workers to legalize their status until July 3, 2013, according to a Filipino migrants’ rights group in the Middle East.

Citing news reports, MIGRANTE Middle East and North Africa (MIGRANTE-MENA) coordinator John Leonard Monterona said the Saudi labor ministry is not favorable in giving extension to the 90-day grace period deadline.

On mid-April this year, Saudi authorities headed by the Labor ministry staged an intense crackdown of undocumented and overstaying expatriate workers by rounding them up at their job site and even in known accommodations of undocumented migrant workers.

Hundreds of ‘illegals’ were apprehended. But due to public and private sectors demand to put a halt on the crackdown, the Saudi King His Highness King Abdulla ordered a halt to the crackdown and instead gave a 90-day grace period to let all ‘illegal’ migrants to legalize their status and for others to leave the Kingdom without any penalty.

“Saudi labor ministry is really serious to clean up the Kingdom from overstaying and ‘illegal’ migrants in line with its Saudization policy via Nitaqat or the localization of labor giving employment priority to its own nationals over expatriate workers,” Monterona added.

Monterona cited Saudi Labor ministry spokesman, Hatab Al-Anazi, quoted by a national daily in Saudi Arabia saying that the grace period was based on a royal decree and that only another royal decree can extend it.

On May 31, Monterona said he had communicated with an official of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) in Manila, who requested anonymity because it does not fall within his responsibility to speak the matter, confirming that the DFA had already‘made a request to the Saudi envoy to the Philippines Ambassador Hassan to extend the said grace period to enable all ‘illegal’ Filipinos in the Kingdom to legalize their continued stay and work.’

In reply, the Saudi envoy assured the DFA official that he would convey the request for an extension to the 90-day grace period to the Saudi government.

“We supposed that by now, the PH embassy in Riyadh had already sent its request or made representations to appropriate Saudi authorities asking for an extension to the 90-day grace period,” Monterona added.

Monterona, however, said, “As the grace period comes nearer, it creates a chilling effect to ‘illegal’ migrant workers for fear of being penalized once they could not fix their status or leave the Kingdom by July 3, thus some have resorted to forging their documents, and this has caused chaos at various passport department (locally called as Jawasat) offices.”

“We join the calls by the PH government and other migrant-sending governments to the Saudi government and direct our appeal to Saudi King His Highness King Abdulla to consider providing an extension to the 90-day grace period that will end on July 3 for humanitarian considerations,” Monterona added.

Monterona said there are a huge number of ‘illegal’ migrant workers in Saudi Arabia of at least 1.2 million, mostly from India, Pakistan, Egypt, the Philippines, Bangladesh, and from other Asian countries.

“With such huge number of ‘illegal’ migrants, all wanting to legalize their status or leave the Kingdom without any penalty, and considering the tedious process they go through, the 90-day grace period is not enough. Giving an extension is justified and reasonable,” Monterona concluded. # # #

Reference:

John Leonard Monterona

MIGRANTE-MENA coordinator

Mobile No. 0063 923 420 0112

Source: http://migranteme.blogspot.com/2013/06/saudi-authorities-reject-requests-to.html

Before It’s News® is a community of individuals who report on what’s going on around them, from all around the world.

Anyone can join.
Anyone can contribute.
Anyone can become informed about their world.

"United We Stand" Click Here To Create Your Personal Citizen Journalist Account Today, Be Sure To Invite Your Friends.

Humic & Fulvic Liquid Trace Mineral Complex

HerbAnomic’s Humic and Fulvic Liquid Trace Mineral Complex is a revolutionary New Humic and Fulvic Acid Complex designed to support your body at the cellular level. Our product has been thoroughly tested by an ISO/IEC Certified Lab for toxins and Heavy metals as well as for trace mineral content. We KNOW we have NO lead, arsenic, mercury, aluminum etc. in our Formula. This Humic & Fulvic Liquid Trace Mineral complex has high trace levels of naturally occurring Humic and Fulvic Acids as well as high trace levels of Zinc, Iron, Magnesium, Molybdenum, Potassium and more. There is a wide range of up to 70 trace minerals which occur naturally in our Complex at varying levels. We Choose to list the 8 substances which occur in higher trace levels on our supplement panel. We don’t claim a high number of minerals as other Humic and Fulvic Supplements do and leave you to guess which elements you’ll be getting. Order Your Humic Fulvic for Your Family by Clicking on this Link , or the Banner Below.

Our Formula is an exceptional value compared to other Humic Fulvic Minerals because...

It’s OXYGENATED

It Always Tests at 9.5+ pH

Preservative and Chemical Free

Allergen Free

Comes From a Pure, Unpolluted, Organic Source

Is an Excellent Source for Trace Minerals

Is From Whole, Prehisoric Plant Based Origin Material With Ionic Minerals and Constituents

Highly Conductive/Full of Extra Electrons

Is a Full Spectrum Complex

Our Humic and Fulvic Liquid Trace Mineral Complex has Minerals, Amino Acids, Poly Electrolytes, Phytochemicals, Polyphenols, Bioflavonoids and Trace Vitamins included with the Humic and Fulvic Acid. Our Source material is high in these constituents, where other manufacturers use inferior materials.

Try Our Humic and Fulvic Liquid Trace Mineral Complex today. Order Yours Today by Following This Link.

Comments

Online:
Visits:	1,611,507,874
Stories:	8,173,816