MUSCAT: Nearly 40,000 expatriates have left Oman in two months, as the government continues to move forward with its policies on Omanisation.
According to data from the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI), the total number of expatriates living in Oman decreased by 39,862 between March 2020 and May 2020.
The data showed that the number of expatriate workers decreased from 1,662,113 in March 2020 to 1,622,251 by the end of May 2020.
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Of the total 39,862 expats who left, 33,352 were working in the private sector, 564 workers in the government sector, and 5,956 were working in the domestic sector.
Over the last two months in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, Oman also witnessed the biggest repatriation of foreigners from the country. Over 15,000 stranded Indians flew from Oman in 44 days in 83 flights, while repatriation continues for Pakistan, Philippines and Bangladesh nationals.
