MoI issues clarification on repatriation cost of an expatriate employee

The Ministry of Interior (MoI) has issued a press statement about the obligations of a recruiter for the repatriation cost of an expatriate employee in view of an old tweet being circulated on social media.

The ministry stated that the tweet about the obligations of the recruiter towards the expatriate employee, especially with regard to paying the value of a travel ticket to leave the country during a specified period, refers to Law No. 4 of 2009, which was cancelled by Article No.49 of Law No. 21 of regulating the entry, exit and residence of expatriates.

MoI further clarified that Article No.19 of this Law stipulates in paragraph No. 2 regarding the obligations of the recruiter as follows:

1. He shall bear the expenses of deporting the expatriate to his country in the cases stipulated in this Law. If the expatriate was working with another entity in violation of the provision of this Law, that entity has to bear deportation expenses. If the entity is unknown, the expatriate has to bear the expenses, and if he is not able to pay and he does not have the money with in the state, the recruiter shall bear those expenses.
2. In all cases, whoever employs any expatriate who has not recruited him to work for him, in violation of the provisions of this Law, is bound to pay the expenses of his deportation without prejudice to any of the legally established aspects of responsibility.