Humaid bin Deemas, the executive director of Labour Affairs at the Ministry of Labour (MoL), has said that the ministry had cancelled visas of some 425,000 workers in 2007, as against cancelling 376,000 visas in the year 2006.
Bin Deemas said the number of absconding reports filed at the MoL had decreased in 2007 compared with the previous years, which was a proof that the labour market in the UAE is stable.
He, however, didn’t disclose the exact figures of absconding reports.
The MoL official said that as per the Ministry’s statistics, the total number of expatriate workers in the country reached 3.1million in the year 2007, as against 2.6million in 2006.
Bin Deemas said the number of absconding reports filed at the MoL had decreased in 2007 compared with the previous years, which was a proof that the labour market in the UAE is stable.
He, however, didn’t disclose the exact figures of absconding reports.
The MoL official said that as per the Ministry’s statistics, the total number of expatriate workers in the country reached 3.1million in the year 2007, as against 2.6million in 2006.
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