Survey: Qatar among least friendliest countries for expats
Qatar is one of the least friendly countries in the world in terms of the expat experience, an extensive new HSBC survey has found. The tiny desert country, whose population…
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Report: Qatar growing increasingly dependent on expat labor
Expats comprised 94 percent of the working population in Qatar last year, meaning there were 16 expat workers for every Qatari one, states a report released by the Qatar Statistics…
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In puzzling move, govt makes it harder for expats to bring families to Qatar
Expats in Qatar will have to make a minimum of QR10,000 a month if they want to bring their families here, the Ministry of Interior has decided. Previously, the minimum…
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BBC: Lives improved as workers flock to Qatar
BBC: Lives improved as workers flock to Qatar The plight of migrant workers in Qatar is common fuel for debate amongst expats and nationals, and with good reason. But in…
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QSA: Expats comprise more than 99 percent of private sector
Non-Qataris constitute 99.7 percent of the country’s private sector workforce, data made available by the Qatar Statistics Authority shows. This is despite a 1997 Emiri decree that nationals account for 20…
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Qataris hopeful as UAE extends chance at citizenship to children of Emirati mothers
Children born to Emirati mothers and expat fathers can finally qualify for citizenship, according to a monumental decree issued by UAE president Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Wednesday.…
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Qatar’s identity crisis, revisited
Qatar is conflicted. Qatar is unoriginal. Qatar is rich, but soulless. These are the conclusions drawn by the latest renowned journalist to touch down in Doha for a temporary time…
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Laborers living in residential areas must clear out by Nov. 1, unless no Qatar families around
Laborers living in residential areas must clear out by Nov. 1, unless no Qatar families around Come Tuesday, it will be illegal for labor camps in Qatar to be located…
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Report: Pay gap between Qataris, expats grows to 98 percent in 2011
The income disparity between locals and expats in Qatar has grown to 98 percent and continues to rise, according to a new report from a global consulting firm. That means…
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