HR ministry to facilitate return of expats whose contracts ended

Nurses await to admit expatriates in a makeshift coronavirus testing center at the Mishref Fair Grounds in Kuwait city, Kuwait March 12, 2020. REUTERS/Stephanie McGehee
Nurses await to admit expatriates in a makeshift coronavirus testing center at the Mishref Fair Grounds in Kuwait city, Kuwait March 12, 2020. REUTERS/Stephanie McGehee

The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Developmentis working, in coordination with a number of relevant government agencies, onan extraordinary initiative that would enable some expatriate workers to returnto their countries.

This initiative is aimed mainly to facilitate the return ofthose expatriates whose contracts with their employers have come to an end.

"This initiative comes as an extension of the humanitarianstance taken by the Saudi government, as well as its keenness on meeting theneeds of expatriates.

"This is also in response to the desire of some of theexpatriates to return to their countries in light of the current situationarising out of the preventive and precautionary measures that have been takento stem the spread of coronavirus," according to sources at the ministry.

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