Indians in the Gulf
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Death of Indian workers in the Gulf
2014-18
Raising serious questions about the safety of Indian labourers working in the Gulf countries — Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates — the external affairs ministry said 28,523 Indians working as labourers in these nations died there between 2014 and 2018.
To a question by Lok Sabha member from Patiala, Dharamvira Gandhi, minister of state for external affairs, VK Singh, said according to data compiled by Indian embassies in these countries, most deaths were from Saudi Arabia where 12,828 unskilled Indians died since 2014, followed by United Arab Emirates where 7,877 died till 2018.
Year-wise trends
2013: Malayalis in the Gulf
See graphic: No. of Malayalees in the Gulf
2015-16: the status of Indians in the Gulf
See graphic: 2015-16: the status of Indians in the Gulf