270 thousand foreign workers in Lebanon excluding Syrians and Palestinians

On the World Day of Migrant Women and Men Workers, As Safir daily published a report by Information International on the actual size, distribution and growth of foreign workforce in Lebanon during the past years. The report indicated that while the overall number of jobless persons is estimated at 300 thousand people out of a total workforce of 1.3 million people, the number of foreign laborers, excluding Syrians and Palestinians, has risen from 33,268 persons in 1993 to 209,674 persons in 2015, according to official figures, (by a difference of 176,406 at 530%, which is a relatively huge percentage). The same survey recorded around 50 to 60 thousand foreigners living and working illegally in the country, thus raising the total projected number to 270 thousand persons. 

The largest number of this category of workers are Bangladeshi and Ethiopian nationals, representing nearly 58% of the foreign workforce, with some 154,749 women domestic workers (MWDW) who make 75% of the overall foreign laborers, the report went on to say. And these MWDWs are distributed as follows: Ethiopia: 73,098 persons, Bangladesh: 29,993 persons, Philippine: 22,416 persons, Sri Lanka: 7,566 persons, Kenya: 8,357 persons, Nepal: 2,512 persons, India: 364 persons, Cameroon: 2,318 persons, Madagascar: 1,325 persons, Sudan: 70 persons and other nationalities: 6,698 persons. For full review of the report, please visit the following link: https://assafir.com/Article/499205

As Safir, June 17, 2016