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Number of Visas Granted to Indians to Work in Gulf States Declines
According to the data, Kuwait is the third most favored destination of the Gulf, after the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.
The Times of India (ToI) newspaper reported a decline of about half in the number of visas granted to Indians heading to work in the Gulf States, reaching 3.7 million in 2017, compared with 7.6 million in 2015.
According to a report published in the newspaper, the number of new Indian workers in Kuwait last year was 56,380, compared with 72,384 in 2016 and 66,543 in 2015, which represents a decline of about 15 percent between 2015 and 2017.