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    Foreign workers..a time bomb that threatens the security and economy of Iraq

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    Post by Rocky Thu 14 Jul 2022, 4:41 am

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    [size=52]Foreign workers..a time bomb that threatens the security and economy of Iraq[/size]

    [size=45]Iraq is witnessing a remarkable increase in the number of foreign workers coming from abroad, so that the country has become one of the countries that attract it, at a time when it is complaining about the high rates of unemployment among young people, especially among graduates and those with higher degrees.[/size]
    [size=45]There are more than a million foreign workers in Iraq who practice a variety of professions, where private entrepreneurs in various fields prefer foreign workers, given that they are willing to work for long hours and accept all jobs at low wages, and some of them resort to sleeping in the place where they work to provide housing rent.[/size]
    [size=45]Another reason for not employing citizens by private entrepreneurs is to stay away from the tribal and social problems that the Iraqi worker may cause with them in the event of any dispute, as well as his inability to pressure him to increase working hours, as happens with foreign workers.[/size]
    [size=45]But on the other hand, specialists warn of the phenomenon of foreign labor in Iraq, because of the negative effects it has on Iraqi youth looking for work, and the presence of most foreign workers is outside the country's official contexts.[/size]
    [size=45]They also warn that the presence of foreign workers inside Iraq poses a real danger on the security and economic levels, which calls for tightening their procedures, and taking the necessary approvals from the intelligence authorities.[/size]
    [size=45]To confront this phenomenon, the Iraqi Ministry of Interior sends foreign workers to their countries after it has been proven that they are illegal inside Iraq. It also refers companies in the private sector to the judiciary, for not complying with the decision to employ a percentage of local workers.[/size]
    [size=45]In turn, the Iraqi border guards are conducting intensive patrols to prevent the infiltration of illegal immigrants into the country, and in this regard, security sources in the Maysan Governorate Border Guard say, “The Border Guard regiments deployed on the border strip in Maysan Governorate managed to thwart the attempts of more than fifty infiltrators across the border with Iran during the month of July only.[/size]
    [size=45]Those sources explain that “these infiltrators were trying to reach the capital, Baghdad, in order to work, as many of them carry phone numbers of employers who have previously worked with them, and after they left Iraq to visit their country, they tried to repeat the process again, and this movement is all done by smuggling networks.”[/size]
    [size=45]Most foreign workers resort to finding a means of smuggling to enter Iraq due to the cost of the investment permit. Usually, employment offices use foreign workers based on investment permits that allow companies and investors to enter 50% of the required labor estimated for their projects. This is the fundamentalist way of their entry, according to the economist Nabil Jabbar. .[/size]
    [size=45]Jabbar added, “But obtaining these permits and obtaining approvals costs the investor, and the amount of administrative and bureaucratic pressures to pass and enter labor contributed to raising the costs of using labor, and therefore the entry of labor in this way (smuggling) exempts the investor from obtaining the permit through employment offices.”[/size]
    [size=45]And the Iraqi government passed a law years ago obligating all companies to employ 50 percent of Iraqi workers.[/size]
    [size=45]Article 30 of the Labor Law, which was enacted in 2015, stipulates that “administrations and employers are prohibited from employing any foreign worker in any capacity unless he has a work permit issued by the Ministry of Labor in return for a fee determined by instructions issued by the Minister,” while Article 31 of the law states: Preventing and prohibiting a foreign worker from joining any work before obtaining a work permit.[/size]
    [size=45]Specialized analysts believe that illegal foreign labor constitutes a drain on Iraq's financial resources, by converting hard currency into dollars and then taking it out through remittances, which threatens the cash reserve of the Central Bank of Iraq.[/size]
    [size=45]In this aspect, the researcher in economic affairs, Ahmed Eid, states that “foreign labor, especially illegal ones, greatly affects the Iraqi economy, because it increases the level of unemployment that Iraq suffers from.”[/size]
    [size=45]Eid stresses that "the most dangerous thing about foreign labor is that cash transfers threaten and drain the country's cash reserves from the country's hard currency, so strict controls must be placed on funds that are transferred abroad."[/size]
    [size=45]Regarding the legality of the presence of foreign workers in Iraq, the legal expert, Ali Al-Tamimi, points out that there is no law relating to foreign labor in Iraq, noting that “the applicable law is Labor Law 37 of 2015 and Foreigners Residence Law 118 of 1978, and these laws stipulated that the worker obtain a work permit as a condition Presence, passport, entry visa and other security conditions.”[/size]
    [size=45]Al-Tamimi explains that “the presence of these workers without plans is similar to the large number of imported cars, which has an impact on the economy, unemployment, foreign currency in the country and criminal security.” In front of the judiciary only to deport them to their countries.[/size]
    [size=45]Shafak Agency tried to speak with a number of illegal foreign workers present in the country, but they refused to make any statement to the media on the matter.[/size]
    [size=45]The unemployment rate in Iraq is 13.8 percent, while the poverty rate is 25 percent, according to the latest government statistics.[/size]
    [size=45]Iraqis have been protesting for years against the country's political system, against the backdrop of rising indicators of financial and administrative corruption, declining services, and high unemployment and poverty rates.[/size]
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