Okaz/Saudi Gazette
Hussein Al-Muttairi, member of the Foreign Recruitment
Committee at the Asharqia (Eastern Province) Chamber of Commerce and Industry,
has downplayed the decision attributing it to the delay in the payment of
salaries to some workers, others being deported without receiving all
remuneration and other problems.
Al-Muttairi said the Ethiopian authorities have temporarily
suspended the work of these recruitment agencies. These agencies have
approached Saudi authorities for redressal of their grievances, he said.
Al-Muttairi said that the matter is now being resolved,
saying it was provoked because of the increased demand for Ethiopian domestic
workers due to a ban on the recruitment of Indonesian and Filipino workers.
“The pressure was reduced after Ramadan. Currently Dammam
airport receives three flights from Addis Ababa weekly with 150 to 200
passengers on board, most of them domestic workers,” he said.
Al-Muttairi said the demand is still huge, with 20
applications processed every week, with an elevated time ceiling for the
workers’ arrival.
He blamed much of the problems on the domestic labor market
in Ethiopia which lacks qualified training institutions.
However, he said, within the next few months, training
centers will be opened in Ethiopia by Saudi-Ethiopian investors.
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