The Covid-19 pandemic hampered the manpower export
The variety of Pakistanis who migrated to the UAE for jobs dropped for consecutive years in 2021.
Based on the recently-released Pakistan Financial Survey, the variety of Pakistanis registered with the Bureau of Emigration and Abroad Employment to go for employment within the UAE halved to 27,442 in 2021 as in comparison with 53,676 within the earlier 12 months.
The numbers fell for the second consecutive 12 months as Pakistani job seekers coming to UAE fell from 211,216 in 2019 to 53,676 in 2022.
The UAE was the fourth largest vacation spot for Pakistani diaspora who went overseas for greener pastures, opposite to earlier years when the nation was the second main vacation spot for South Asian nationals.
Nonetheless, the UAE remained the second largest supply of remittances for Pakistan regardless of a 5.3 per cent shrinkage in July-March monetary 12 months 21-22 as Pakistanis within the UAE remitted $4.28 billion as in comparison with $4.52 billion within the earlier 12 months. The Emirates accounted for 18.7 per cent of complete remittances, which totalled $22.952 billion, up by 7.1 per cent.
The decline within the South Asian nationals’ migration is attributed to the native market turning into extremely aggressive for job-seekers, particularly for the semi-skilled.
Pakistan Financial Survey mentioned the Covid-19 pandemic hampered the manpower export not solely from Pakistan however different regional nations as nicely.
In complete, 286,648 emigrants had been registered for abroad employment from Pakistan in 2021 as in comparison with 224,705 registered in 2020, a rise of 61,943 emigrants.
Out of greater than 11.7 million Pakistanis that dwell overseas, roughly 1.6 million Pakistanis at present dwell and work within the Emirates.
Oman and Qatar noticed an enormous improve in South Asian nationals migrating to the 2 Gulf nations final 12 months, rising second and third largest locations.
Saudi Arabia remained the highest nation as 155,771 Pakistani job seekers migrated to the Kingdom final 12 months adopted by Oman (38,349), Qatar (37,985), the UAE, Bahrain (12,977), Malaysia (106) and different nations.
In complete, 286,648 Pakistani staff registered with the Bureau of Emigration and Abroad Employment to go overseas for employment
Saudi Arabia accounted for the most important share at 54 per cent, whereas Oman, Qatar, UAE and Bahrain contributed 13.4 per cent, 13.2 per cent, 9.5 per cent and 4.5 per cent, respectively.
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