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[UAE] British expats return home as pandemic hurts UAE economy [UAE] British expats return home as pandemic hurts UAE economy

Many British expatriates in the UAE, left without jobs in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, have been selling their...
02 Jul 2020

[Cairo] Stranded Egyptian expats repatriated by exceptional flights [Cairo] Stranded Egyptian expats repatriated by exceptional flights

On June 28, Cairo International Airport received four exceptional flights which returned 395 Egyptian expatriates home after measures to stop...
30 Jun 2020

[Kerala] Negative COVID-19 test requirement for chartered flight passengers impractical [Kerala] Negative COVID-19 test requirement for chartered flight passengers impractical

A row has broken out over the state government’s revised norm, that only passengers who have tested negative for Covid-19...
22 Jun 2020

[Kuwait] MP demands replacement of expats in parliament jobs [Kuwait] MP demands replacement of expats in parliament jobs

As a campaign in Kuwait to curb the numbers of foreigners in the country intensifies, a lawmaker has proposed replacing...
18 Jun 2020

[UAE] Ethihad and Emirates extend salary cuts to September [UAE] Ethihad and Emirates extend salary cuts to September

State airlines Emirates and Etihad Airways are extending the reduced pay period for their employees until September in an attempt...
12 Jun 2020

[Israel] Half a million people could be unemployed by 2021 [Israel] Half a million people could be unemployed by 2021

The economic fallout from the novel coronavirus could lead to half a million people being jobless by the start of...
10 Jun 2020