MUSCAT :A total of 278,000 expat workers left Oman in the first 10 months of 2020, according to National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI).
According to NCSI, the number of expatriate workers in the Sultanate dropped by 17% by the end of October 2020. the total expat work force in the country stands at 1,435,070 compared to 1,712,798 last year.
With the government introducing a one-month exit scheme for those expats without valid work permits to leave the country for good, the number is expected to decrease further. According to the Ministry of Labour, nearly 25,000 workers have filed applications to leave the country without paying any fines.
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