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Bel-Air, Françoise De “Demography, Migration and Labour Market in Saudi Arabia.” European University Institute, Migration Policy Center Gulf Research Center (2014). Link to PDF
Keyword: migration, labor, market, Saudi Arabia, deportation, citizenship
This report provides extensive details on the outward and inward migration flows and stocks of Saudi Arabia.
Nadim, Waseem, et al. "Depression among Migrant Workers in Al-Qassim, Saudi Arabia." Journal of Affective disorders 206 (2016): 103-8. Link to Article
Keyword: depression, migrants, mental, health, migrant, workers
This research examines the correlation, if any, between conditions and duration of work for migrant workers, and depression in Al Qassim, Saudi Arabia. It finds that depression was common among the population, however, it did not vary with the conditions and duration of work.
Okruhlik, Gwenn, and Patrick Conge. "National Autonomy, Labor Migration and Political Crisis: Yemen and Saudi Arabia." Middle East Journal 51.4 (1997): 554. (Summary adapted from link) Link to Article
Keyword: autonomy, labor, migration, political, crisis, Yemen, Saudi Arabia
In this article, the authors examine how the struggles of state to assert their autonomy affect the international flow of labor basing their conclusion on the Gulf crises in the summer of 1990. Examining Saudi Arabia and Yemen, the authors find that weak states engaged in the transfer of labor resist political accommodation even at the expense of profitable economic transactions.
Sevilla, Henelito A. "Nationalization Scheme (Nitaqat) in Saudi Arabia and the Condition of Filipino Migrant Workers." Journal of Identity & Migration Studies 9.2 (2015): 7-23. Link to PDF
Keyword: Filipino, migrant, workers, Saudi Arabia, nationalization, policy, GCC
This article elucidates the conditions of Filipino migrants workers in Saudi Arabia, since the Saudization policy in 2011 by examining the policy from a Filipino perspective. The author argues that the Saudization policy has been a driver for GCC governments nationalizations policies that gravely impact migrant workers.
Silvey, Rachel. "Transnational Domestication: State Power and Indonesian Migrant Women in Saudi Arabia." Political Geography 23 (2004): 245-64. (Summary adapted from resource) Link to Article
Keywords: transnational migration, gender, the state, domestic labor, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia.
The author explores the role of Indonesia and Saudi Arabia in shaping the migration of Indonesian women between the two countries, and the challenges the two states' jurisdictional scopes have created in conjunction with international labor migration circuit. In particular, the article analyzes the role of the two states in regulating migration and working conditions of Indonesians employed in Saudi Arabia and their influence on the feminization of the migrant labor force, the limitation of their policies for protecting migrant women, and the political strategies that activities are employing to broaden the states' jurisdictional scopes. Through this case study, the author argues that focusing on the gender politics related to international migration can reveal the regulatory limits and the internationalization of the state.
Vlieger, Antoinette. "Domestic Workers in Saudi Arabia and the Emirates: Trafficking Victims?" International Migration 50.6 (2012): 180-94. Link to Article
Keyword: domestic, workers, Saudi Arabia, Emirates, UAE, victims, domestic workers, human trafficking, Palermo Protocol, Saudi Arabia, forced confinement, exploitation, migrant workers, intent
In response to Jureidini's article entitled 'Trafficking and Contract Migrant Workers in the Middle East' that discuses the difficulty of establishing whether migrant domestic workers are victims of trafficking, the author argues that migrant domestic workers are often victims of trafficking. The author uses examples of migrants in Saudi Arabia and UAE to articulate his argument concluding with policy suggestions to better address the issue of trafficking.
"Women Migrant Workers Abused in Saudi Arabia." Wikigender. Link to Webpage
Keyword: women, migrant, workers, abuse, human rights, Saudi Arabia
This report provides details on the conditions of female migrant workers in Saudi Arabia and calls for action to address the issues.