There are 36,000 illegal expat employees in Bahrain, a drop from around 60,000 six months ago, it was claimed this week.
Ali Al Kooheji, operations vice-president of the Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) reportedly said during a meeting on Wednesday: “Six months ago, the figure [for illegal expat workers] was around 60,000.
“Through various measures including an amnesty, inspections and awareness campaigns, we were able to bring it down to almost 36,000.”
Al Kooheji added that 3,782 workers have been classed as ‘runaway’, based on the number of formal complaints made by employers.

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