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| regions = [[Riyadh]], [[Jeddah]], [[Dammam]], [[Jubail]], [[Jizan]] | | regions = [[Riyadh]], [[Jeddah]], [[Dammam]], [[Jubail]], [[Jizan]] | ||
| languages = [[Malayalam | | languages = [[Malayalam]]{{•}}[[Urdu]]{{•}}[[Tamil language|Tamil]] | ||
| religions = Majority:<br>[[Islam]]<br>Minority:<br>[[Hinduism]]{{•}}[[Sikhism]]{{•}}[[Jainism]]{{•}}[[Zoroastrianism]]{{•}}[[Buddhism]]{{•}}[[Christianity | | religions = Majority:<br>[[Islam]]<br>Minority:<br>[[Hinduism]]{{•}}[[Sikhism]]{{•}}[[Jainism]]{{•}}[[Zoroastrianism]]{{•}}[[Buddhism]]{{•}}[[Christianity]] | ||
| related_groups = [[Indian diaspora]] | | related_groups = [[Indian diaspora]] | ||
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'''Indians in Saudi Arabia''' are the largest community of [[Foreign workers in Saudi Arabia|expatriates in Saudi Arabia]]. India and Saudi Arabia signed an agreement to manage and organize the recruitment of domestic workers in January 2014. Between then and April 2016, 500,000 Indians moved to Saudi Arabia for employment. The agreement includes a provision which stipulates that sponsors must pay a guarantee of US $2,500 for each Indian worker they recruit.<ref name="ArabNews1">{{cite web|title=500K Indian workers arrive in 16 months|url=http://www.arabnews.com/saudi-arabia/news/742886|website=Arab News|access-date=28 April 2016}}</ref> | '''Indians in Saudi Arabia''' are the largest community of [[Foreign workers in Saudi Arabia|expatriates in Saudi Arabia]]. India and Saudi Arabia signed an agreement to manage and organize the recruitment of domestic workers in January 2014. Between then and April 2016, 500,000 Indians moved to Saudi Arabia for employment. The agreement includes a provision which stipulates that sponsors must pay a guarantee of US $2,500 for each Indian worker they recruit.<ref name="ArabNews1">{{cite web|title=500K Indian workers arrive in 16 months|url=http://www.arabnews.com/saudi-arabia/news/742886|website=Arab News|date=6 May 2015|access-date=28 April 2016}}</ref> | ||
==Demographics== | ==Demographics== | ||
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|1,300,000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.un.org/esa/population/meetings/EGM_Ittmig_Arab/P02_Kapiszewski.pdf |title=Arab versus Asian migrant workers in the GCC countries | |1,300,000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.un.org/esa/population/meetings/EGM_Ittmig_Arab/P02_Kapiszewski.pdf |title=Arab versus Asian migrant workers in the GCC countries |page=10 }}</ref> | ||
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|2015 | |2015 | ||
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|2017 | |2017 | ||
|4,100,000<ref name="huffingtonpost">{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2017/06/21/how-saudi-arabias-family-tax-is-forcing-indians-to-return-hom_a_22494498/|title=How Saudi Arabia's 'Family Tax' Is Forcing Indians To Return Home| | |4,100,000<ref name="huffingtonpost">{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2017/06/21/how-saudi-arabias-family-tax-is-forcing-indians-to-return-hom_a_22494498/|title=How Saudi Arabia's 'Family Tax' Is Forcing Indians To Return Home|work=The Huffington Post|date=21 June 2017|access-date=21 June 2017}}</ref><ref name="TOI">{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/middle-east-news/indians-brace-for-saudi-family-tax/articleshow/59243550.cms|title=Indians brace for Saudi 'family tax'|publisher=Times of India|access-date=21 June 2017}}</ref> | ||
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==Education== | ==Education== | ||
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* [[Al-Yasmin International School]] , [[Riyadh]] | * [[Al-Yasmin International School]] , [[Riyadh]] | ||
* [[Talal International School]] , [[Jeddah]] | * [[Talal International School]] , [[Jeddah]] | ||
* International Indian School Buraidah | |||
==Notable Indian Saudi Arabians== | ==Notable Indian Saudi Arabians== | ||
*[[Abdulbasit Hindi]], Saudi Arabian footballer of distant Indian origin | *[[Abdulbasit Hindi]], Saudi Arabian footballer of distant Indian origin | ||
*[[Awaiz Patni]], Group CFO - Bugshan Investment | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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[[Category:Saudi Arabian people of Indian descent| ]] | [[Category:Saudi Arabian people of Indian descent| ]] | ||
[[Category:India–Saudi Arabia relations]] | [[Category:India–Saudi Arabia relations]] | ||
[[Category:Indian diaspora]] | |||
[[Category:Ethnic groups in the Middle East]] | |||
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{{Saudi Arabia-stub}} | {{Saudi Arabia-stub}} | ||