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... workers are poor by the standards of the host country , they are far superior to what might be earned in a profession in the sending country . In the Philippines a teacher earns around $ 100 per month while as a domestic worker in ...
... workers are poor by the standards of the host country , they are far superior to what might be earned in a profession in the sending country . In the Philippines a teacher earns around $ 100 per month while as a domestic worker in ...
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... workers from other Arab States : in the mid - 1970s the immigrant labour force in Saudi Arabia was 82 per cent Arab , and in Kuwait it was 69 per cent Arab . The three largest groups were Egyptians , Yemenis and Jordanians ...
... workers from other Arab States : in the mid - 1970s the immigrant labour force in Saudi Arabia was 82 per cent Arab , and in Kuwait it was 69 per cent Arab . The three largest groups were Egyptians , Yemenis and Jordanians ...
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... workers . Allowing immigration for unskilled labour on a more systematic basis would , it says , help guarantee immigrants the same working conditions and wages ... workers . Figure 17.4 . Singapore , foreign workers and total levy 255 Asia.
... workers . Allowing immigration for unskilled labour on a more systematic basis would , it says , help guarantee immigrants the same working conditions and wages ... workers . Figure 17.4 . Singapore , foreign workers and total levy 255 Asia.
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