Abstract

The global economic crisis has also affected the opulent and extravagant Gulf countries. Experts correlated the region’s economic crisis to factors such as the explosion of the real estate boom which was basically built on borrowed funds, and to a sharp fall in oil prices. As a result, almost half of the construction projects in Dubai were interrupted. This led to a large number of construction workers from India losing their jobs, and as a result, returning home. Around the same time, a member of the Saudi royal family urged the Arab and Gulf countries to give preference to their own people while providing work. Since the Gulf countries were one of the largest employers of Indians outside India, their attempt to trim the expat population would affect India’s labor market, according to experts.

Learning Objectives

The case is structured to achieve the following Learning Objectives:

• Labor market
• Human resource
• and Immigration.

Keywords

Gulf crisis, Saudisation, immigration, human resource, Reverse migration, economic recession, foreign exchange, Gulf Cooperation Council, expat labor, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Dubai, skilled and unskilled labor, Labor market