The Jordanian authorities announced last week that they have deported about 5 000 foreign workers since the beginning of 2018 because of their violation of the laws and the work conditions.
The Ministry of Labor in Jordan said in a statement that the inspection visits to the institutions led to the deportation of 4987 migrant workers because of their violation of the provisions of the Labor Law during the first seven months of this year. It revealed that the number of inspection visits on the combating of child labor resulted in 451 violations against the employers who employ children under the legal age.
The Ministry of Labor announced in 2013 that about 95 thousand migrant workers of different nationalities violated the work conditions and most notably by non-renewing of the work and residence permits.
The largest number of migrant workers in Jordan are from Egypt, with more than 900 000 people working mainly in the construction and agriculture sectors.
More than 70 000 domestic workers work in Jordan come mainly from Sri Lanka, Indonesia and the Philippines.
The Jordanians suffer from the rising of the unemployment rate and the lack of employment opportunities, leading to popular protests from time to time to ask for better social and economic conditions.
The latest wave of anger in the Hashemite Kingdom dates back to last June, when thousands of protestors protested in the kingdom to express their rejection of the income tax law and the price-hike policy adopted by “Hani Al-Mulqi’s government, but King “Abdullah's” intervention ended the protests and ordered the formation of a new government.
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