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==Emigration From Saudi Arabia== | ==Emigration From Saudi Arabia== | ||
*As the Saudi population grows and oil export revenues stagnate, pressure for "Saudization" (the replacement of foreign workers with Saudis) has grown, and the Saudi government hopes to decrease the number of foreign nationals in the country. | *As the Saudi population grows and oil export revenues stagnate, pressure for "Saudization" (the replacement of foreign workers with Saudis) has grown, and the Saudi government hopes to decrease the number of foreign nationals in the country. | ||
*Saudi Arabia '''expelled 800,000 Yemenis''' in 1990 and 1991 and has built a Saudi–Yemen barrier | *Saudi Arabia '''expelled 800,000 Yemenis''' in 1990 and 1991 and has built a Saudi–Yemen barrier. | ||
*In November 2013, Saudi Arabia '''expelled thousands of illegal Ethiopian''' residents from the Kingdom. | *In November 2013, Saudi Arabia '''expelled thousands of illegal Ethiopian''' residents from the Kingdom. | ||
*Over 500,000 undocumented migrant workers — mostly from '''Somalia, Ethiopia, and Yemen''' — have been detained and deported since 2013.<ref name="for"/> | *Over 500,000 undocumented migrant workers — mostly from '''Somalia, Ethiopia, and Yemen''' — have been detained and deported since 2013.<ref name="for"/> | ||
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