title: Labor immigration in the Arab Gulf states:  patterns, trends and problems.
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authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ali
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D001211:Asia, Western; D001445:Bahrain; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004651:Employment; D006280:Health Workforce; D007493:Iraq; D007730:Kuwait; D008877:Middle East; D009850:Oman; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011780:Qatar; D012529:Saudi Arabia; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014479:United Arab Emirates
keywords: Arab Countries; Asia; Bahrain; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Economic Conditions; Economic Factors; Human Resources; International Migration; Iraq; Kuwait; Labor Force; Macroeconomic Factors; Manpower Needs; Migrants; Migration; Oman; Population; Population Dynamics; Qatar; Saudi Arabia; United Arab Emirates; Western Asia