Quote:Saudi Arabia Deports 40,000 Muslim Pakistanis, Citing Terrorism Concerns

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has expelled almost 40,000 Pakistani migrant workers in the last four months, local media has reported.

Over 39,000 people have been deported since October 2016 over visa violations and security concerns, the Saudi Gazette reported, citing unnamed interior ministry officials. As well as crimes including drug trafficking, forgery and theft, an unknown number of those removed from the country were suspected to have links to Isis and other extremist groups, the paper said.

The alleged mass deportations come after a year of strikes and other unrest in the kingdom due to unpaid wages following the oil market’s decline and subsequent blow to the Saudi economy.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/...78151.html

Door's wide open here?

Where are the lawyers? Where is the outcry? Saudi Arabia has NO right to do this!

Did they use their national guard? Snicker

40k is a lot of folks.

Population ratio wise, that's the equivalent of the US booting 500,000.

Saudi Arabia hates muslims?

(02-17-2017 02:07 PM)Dasville Wrote:  Where are the lawyers? Where is the outcry? Saudi Arabia has NO right to do this!

You could speak out against it in Saudi Arabia, and probably end up in prison for it.

Also, I scoff at the idea of a country that basically sponsors terrorism at the state level booting people because of "terrorism concerns"

(02-17-2017 03:20 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(02-17-2017 02:07 PM)Dasville Wrote:  Where are the lawyers? Where is the outcry? Saudi Arabia has NO right to do this!

You could speak out against it in Saudi Arabia, and probably end up in prison for it.

Also, I scoff at the idea of a country that basically sponsors terrorism at the state level booting people because of "terrorism concerns"

SA does not want in their backyard.

(02-17-2017 03:13 PM)solohawks Wrote:  Saudi Arabia hates muslims?

I see what you did there.

(02-17-2017 03:23 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  

(02-17-2017 03:20 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(02-17-2017 02:07 PM)Dasville Wrote:  Where are the lawyers? Where is the outcry? Saudi Arabia has NO right to do this!

You could speak out against it in Saudi Arabia, and probably end up in prison for it.

Also, I scoff at the idea of a country that basically sponsors terrorism at the state level booting people because of "terrorism concerns"

SA does not want in their backyard.

I'm not sure its that more then its just a general problem the Middle East has with Migrant Workers. There are a lot of people from the poorer countries in the area migrating to the more wealthy countries looking for work. There is also a major problem with businesses taking advantage of the situation to employ those people not only illegally, but essentially turn them into slave labor.

Thing is, I'm not sure any of the wealthy countries really want to fix the problem, because those workers fill jobs that their own people do not want. But they also have to openly appear to be doing something to stop it so they don't get dinged by Human Rights groups.

Any bets on how many of those 40,000 end up in the United States?

(02-17-2017 03:41 PM)rath v2.0 Wrote:  Any bets on how many of those 40,000 end up in the United States?

About the same number it would always be...zero.

It's far, far, far more expensive to migrate to the United States from the Middle East. Only the select few can afford to do it. One migrates from Pakistan to Saudi Arabia because they need the money.

Oh, I'm willing to bet that that number will be well north of zero when all is said and done.

(02-17-2017 04:58 PM)rath v2.0 Wrote:  Oh, I'm willing to bet that that number will be well north of zero when all is said and done.

Sorry...We don't need any more cab drivers.

(02-17-2017 03:13 PM)solohawks Wrote:  Saudi Arabia hates muslims?

Muslim ban.

(02-17-2017 03:13 PM)solohawks Wrote:  Saudi Arabia hates muslims?

oddly, yes. From everyone that I know who has spent time there, Saudi Arabia is the most racist country on the planet. I believe the rule for foreign workers is something like you have to leave the country for at least two weeks out of every six months.

The kingdom is about 1/3 expats, and a cursory web search indicates they are trying to narrow down expat employees to only technical jobs in order to increase employment of native Saudis.

Kingdom to cut reliance on foreign workers | Arab News

Merkel has more political refugees on the way.

We call that exporting where I come from.

(02-17-2017 03:13 PM)solohawks Wrote:  Saudi Arabia hates muslims?

A simple answer to that question: Yes and no. They dislike non-Arab, non-Wahhabi muslims.

(02-17-2017 07:21 PM)nomad2u2001 Wrote:  

(02-17-2017 03:13 PM)solohawks Wrote:  Saudi Arabia hates muslims?

A simple answer to that question: Yes and no. They dislike non-Arab, non-Wahhabi muslims.

No, they dislike Arab, Wahabbi, non-Saudi muslims too.