Azerbaijan, Baku, Oct. 22 /Trend T.Konyayeva/
The Saudi Arabian authorities have decided to deport 3 million aliens working in the country, including 30,000 Turkish citizens, the Sabah newspaper reported.
The decision was made as part of the program on fight against unemployment.
Unemployment in Saudi Arabia reached 10.8 percent as of July 2011.
The authorities launched a program to combat unemployment, which intends to increase the number of Saudis occupying different positions.
The Saudi population is 18.7 million people, including 8.42 million foreigners.
Some of the major Turkish companies have already expressed their concern over the issue, arguing that the locals are not as much skilled and capable of working as the Turks working in these companies.