ISLAMABAD: Bureau of Emigration and Overseas Employment (BE&OE) has registered 262119 workers so far during the year 2017 (up to June) for overseas employment. According to the data provided by Policy Planning Unit of Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development, a total of 144193 workers proceeded to United Arab Emirates, 242 to Algeria, eight to Angola, 3988 to Bahrain, 106 to Brunei, four to Guinea, 24 to Hong Kong, 92 to Iran, 342 to Iraq, 153 to Jordan, two to Kenya and 526 to Kuwait.
A total of 15 workers proceeded to Lebanon, 3243 to Malaysia, 32 to Nigeria, 23841 to Oman, 5082 to Qatar, 77600 to Saudi Arabia, 260 to Sudan, 23 to Singapore, 16 to Somalia, four to Spain, 35 to Tanzania and four to Uganda. While 126 workers proceeded to United Kingdom in the same year, 145 to United States of America, 11 to Yemen, two to West Africa, 43 to South Africa, eight to Zambia, 51 to Japan, four to South Korea, 771 to Cyprus, 20 to Turkey, 197 to China, 70 to Italy, 31 to Sweden, three to Switzerland, 27 to Germany, six to Azerbaijan and 769 to other countries.
