Iraq Must Accommodate Foreign Workers to Boost Investments
In a sign of bureaucratic inefficiency, Iraq admits that it has not been properly accommodating foreign workers coming into the country working for oil companies.
Iraqi authorities admitted that they are not providing facilities to foreign workers and oil companies operating in Iraq.
Oil Ministry spokesman Assem Jihad told Al-Monitor, “Iraqi parties in charge of the entrance of foreigners to Iraq are not providing facilities to contract workers and experts for foreign oil companies that were granted contracts with the Iraqi government.”
Jihad attributed the reason behind this to “the exceptional security situation the country is going through and the terrorist challenges it is facing.”
Iraq has been witnessing a spike in violence for the past two months. Car bombs and suicide bombers have claimed the lives of hundreds of Iraqis during attacks targeting markets, cafes, playgrounds and residential compounds in many provinces.
