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The government's recent decision to suspend the recruitment of foreign workers has led to legal guest workers demanding higher hourly wages, according to farm owners.

The Labour Ministry [in Jordan] has decided to suspend the recruitment of foreign workers to address the challenges facing its efforts to find jobs for unemployed Jordanians, a senior official said Sunday.

AMMAN — The Labour Ministry on Saturday said its labour inspectors have caught hundreds of guest workers in violation of labour regulations and a decision has been taken to repatriate them.

The [Jordanian] Ministry of Labour is planning a joint inspection campaign with security agencies to crack down on illegal guest workers after the grace period granted to them concludes on March 7, a ministry secretary official said on Tuesday.

The UN says there has been a huge leap in the numbers of Syrian refugees arriving in Jordan, putting a considerable strain on resources.

The [Jordanian] Ministry of Labour on Monday opened a 60-day grace period for guest workers in the Kingdom who need to rectify their legal status.

The number of guest workers in the Kingdom with valid work permits stood at 235,258 at the end of 2012, the Ministry of Labour’s end-of-year statistics showed.

The Minister of Manpower and Immigration, Khaled Al-Azhari, travelled to Jordan Wednesday to resolve the current issue surrounding Egyptian migrant workers in the kingdom. According to the ministry, Al-Azhari is expected to meet with his Jordanian counterpart to discuss what can be done to deal with the high number of illegal migrant workers currently employed in