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Garbage at prophet's tomb an unforeseen side effect of SA immigrant crackdown
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Garbage is piling up on streets around the mosque housing the burial site of the Prophet Muhammad. Grocery stores have shut their doors and almost half of Saudi Arabias small construction firms have stopped working on projects.The mess is because foreign workers on which many businesses rely are fleeing, have gone into hiding or are under arrest amid a crackdown launched Nov. 4 targeting the kingdoms 9 million migrant laborers. Decades of lax immigration enforcement allowed migrants to take low-wage manual, clerical and service jobs that the kingdoms own citizens shunned for better paying, more comfortable work. Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2013-11-23 |
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