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The Philippine Embassy in Riyadh reiterates to all Filipino workers in Saudi Arabia that, under Saudi and Philippine law, they have the right to keep and hold on to their Philippine passports while working in Saudi Arabia. The Philippine passport is considered to be the property of the Republic of the Philippines and only the bearer has the right to keep it in his custody. The Embassy firmly reminds companies and employers in Saudi Arabia who continue to keep their foreign workers’ passports, as a matter of practice and against the workers’ will, that they are violating Saudi law, specifically Council of Ministers Resolution No. 166 dated 12/04/1421H (14 July 2000) which clearly states that “every employee has the right to keep his passport in his custody.” The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs reiterated to the Embassy this week that this rule remains in effect and that any OFW whose passport has been kept by their employer has a right to complain to the Ministry of Labor or the police.
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साउदीअरब , मंसिर २१ : साउदी अरबको रियादस्थित नेपाली दूतावासले रोजगारीको क्रममा कुनै समस्या आइपरे दूतावासमा सम्पर्क राख्न सम्पूर्ण नेपाली श्रमिकलाई अनुरोध गरेको छ । कामदारहरुले रोजगारदाता कम्पनीले श्रमिकको तीन महिनासम्म काम नपाउने, नवीकरण नगर्ने, पारिश्रमिक नदिने लगायतका समस्याबारे दूतावासमा जानकारी गराउन सक्छन् । करार अवधि सम्पन्न हुनुभन्दा कम्तीमा दुई महिनाअगावै कामदारले लिखित अनुरोध गर्दा पनि पुनः प्रवेश वा बर्हिगमन प्रवेशाज्ञा नदिएमा त्यससम्बन्धी जानकारी र अभिलेख दूतावासमा उपलब्ध गराउनसमेत दूतावासले भनेको छ । दूतावासले श्रमिकको समस्या समाधानका लागि साउदी अरबको कानूनबमोजिम कामदार र रोजगारदाताबीच सहमति गराउने तथा श्रम अदालतमा मुद्दा दायर गर्न सहजीकरण गर्ने कार्य गर्दै आएको छ । हाल साउदी अरबमा करीब तीन लाख ५० हजार नेपाली श्रमिक काम गरिरहेका छन् । ती श्रमिक विभिन्नस्तर र प्रकृतिको कम्पनीमा आउने गरेका छन् । हाल माग प्रमाणीकरण दूतावासको कार्यक्षेत्रमा अनिवार्य भएकाले पनि समस्याग्रस्त कम्पनी तथा इजाजतपत्रले समस्या समाधान नगरेसम्म दूतावासबाट दिने सेवा रोक्का गरिएको छ ।