Expat flight to follow migrant exodus from Gulf - Asia Times
▻https://asiatimes.com/2020/05/expat-flight-to-follow-migrant-exodus-from-gulf
The region has long mitigated economic downturns by “exporting unemployment” to Asia and Africa, where most of the workers who power its economy originate from. Migration schemes enforced by Gulf governments make citizenship acquisition nearly impossible, turning millions of migrant workers into the first variable for adjusting economic contractions. But flexible migration policies also put Gulf economies at risk of a downward spiral as foreign laborers whose visas are linked to their jobs leave en masse during sharp recessions. In Dubai, where less than one inhabitant in 10 is an Emirati citizen, the population could shrink by a minimum of 10%, a former director of Dubai’s Department of Finance tweeted.
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