The number of expatriates contributing to the nation’s Social Insurance Organisation (SIO) has dropped in the past five years, according to latest indicators, suggesting a surge of people leaving these shores.
Figures released for the second quarter of the year showed a four per cent drop in the number of non-Bahraini SIO contributors that reached 456,840 (including females) compared with 477,741 workers last year – more than 20,000 in 12 months .