Tuesday, July 3, 2007

Algeria's foreign workforce grows sharply

(Reuters) - The size of the foreign workforce in Algeria almost doubled to 32,000 in 2006 from 2005 amid a quickening of the OPEC-member country's post-war economic development, an official said in remarks published on Tuesday.

Employers in the north African country had 18,191 foreigners on their payrolls in 2005, itself a big increase from the 543 foreign workers in Algeria in 1999, labour ministry official Bachir Bouzid was quoted as saying by El Watan newspaper.


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