Abdulrahman Tayeb, a Yemeni doctor, was shocked when his hospital in southern Saudi Arabia told him his contract would not be renewed, leaving him with a difficult choice: go home to a nation at war or try to find work in another country.
He is not alone. Hundreds of medical staff, academics and other professionals in the kingdom's southern region bordering Yemen have in recent weeks been told they are being let go, several Yemenis told Reuters.
A Saudi analyst, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the move aimed to free up jobs for citizens in the south as part of efforts to tackle Saudi unemployment of 11.7%, and was also driven by security considerations in areas near the war, in which a Saudi-led coalition is fighting Yemen's Houthi group.
Tayeb, who declined to name the hospital where he has worked for six years, said his employer informed him on Monday that the labour office instructed them to halt contract renewals and provide two months notice. Tayeb's contract expires in December. Most send money home where prospects are bleak due to the war. The World Bank estimates one in 10 people in Yemen rely on money transfers for basic needs.
Yemeni Doctors in Diaspora estimates that hundreds of Yemenis at universities and health institutions in southern Saudi Arabia were hit by "mass terminations", said Hamdi Alhakimi, secretary-general of the Netherlands-registered body.
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