Muscat: Over 200 illegal workers have been arrested in Oman in December as the Sultanate continues its crackdown on labour and residency violators.
According to the Ministry of Manpower, 246 illegal expatriate workers were arrested in December from various parts of the country.
Speaking about the crackdown, a senior official at the Ministry of Manpower said that these campaigns were the result of the Ministry’s monitoring of the implementation of the Labour Law and to ensure that the authorised foreign labour force worked with employers according to official work permits.
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The Manpower official urged expatriates to follow all residency laws and urged citizens as well as residents to report any illegal resident to the police and not give them shelter or employment.
