As an expatriate, we will be interested on what absconding is and what effect does it have on expatriates who have fled or run away from their employers or authorities.
To abscond means to depart in a sudden and secret manner especially to avoid capture and legal prosecution. Before, an absconding case or report could be cancelled if a runaway worker paid the penalty with the immigration department. After settlement, the worker can then transfer to another employer or apply for an exit visa in order to leave the country legally and still have the option to return.
This could still be the case in other countries. But OFWs are being warned by the Philippine government thru the Philippine Consulate General in Jeddah that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has a new immigration rule blacklisting foreign workers that are reported by their employers to have run away. This new policy will make runaway workers more vulnerable to deportation. Once deported, they no longer have any chance of returning to Saudi Arabia to work.
On the other side of this, some foreign workers who want to leave KSA could run away from their employers so they could be sent home immediately. It has been said that the processing is faster and those picked up by the Immigration department for deportation could be sent home in about three days. And this is what’s being done by some OFWs. Aside from staying at the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration or OWWA shelter in Jeddah, some OFWs intently left the shelter and joined other foreign workers staying in an overpass in Khandara District hoping that Immigration officials would arrest and deport them.
Based on statistics, an estimated 20,000 undocumented Filipinos are working in Saudi Arabia.
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October 25th, 2010 on 9:13 am
This not not true at all that the employee will runway from the employer, its only employer’s fault who put the remarks in the passport office that his worker has runaway
means absconding haroob in arabic word. i have seen many people who have facing this situation, without doing anything the sponsor is complaining in passport office and put red tag haroob. i know have the information why they put this remarks, they are the one who selling the visa about 12,000 to 13,000 when they get this money for visa they try to obtain one more visa if they say his employee has runaway, and has chance to get one more visa that also he sell and do the same procedure. there are many many people facing this problem. the passport office should verify this without any investigation they simply but red tag haroob. it should be solved this i request to treat them human being, the saudi people dont know from where the peoples getting the money to work in saudi arabia, some peoples selling land some people selling mother’s gold soem of them selling house, but ples dont do this its against islam,
November 29th, 2010 on 5:44 pm
yeah, i have this problem too…I have haroob on my jawasat file. Unfortunately, i cannot find my employer. I tried finding him so that it will be settled but nothing. Hey Javed, i have remarks on the jawasat but its not RED its only haroob. what makes the different?
April 6th, 2011 on 12:32 pm
I made complaint against my Kafeel, later he declare me Haroob. What should I do know? Please help me
June 25th, 2011 on 10:37 am
My father has spent last 30 years of his working in saudi arabia. He hasnt gone to his country in 10 years before that he rarely visited. He worked day and night away form his family here, he has even Thursdays as full days. Govt. shd think abt ppl lyk these. He shd be a national of saudi arabia. He spent more than 1/2 life of his in KSA, the kingdom cannot just take us out suddenly.