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	Family dependents	Labourers				Total visas
		Regular worker	Investor	Temporary worker	Domestic worker
2009	52,618	217,236	722	6,719	51,905	329,200
2010	59,297	225,662	1,094	4,683	40,770	331,506
2011	53,642	209,017	1,179	4,232	51,917	319,987
2012	60,186	236,175	1,787	6,218	57,722	362,088
2013	64,517	234,005	2,058	3,664	56,772	361,016
2014	69,305	262,597	2,691	2,767	57,055	394,415
2015	72,203	320,134	2,704	2,696	58,453	456,190
2016	77,202	441,128	4,011	1,616	59,329	583,286
2017	77,956	432,386	6,046	57	58,668	575,113

Source: LMRA-EMS and DWS; Ministry of Labour
 
ANNEXED NOTE
 
1. Technical Notes and Definitions

GLMM compilation of data submitted quarterly to LMRA from the Expatriates Management System (EMS), Domestic Workers System (DWS) (from 2014) and from MoL:
until September 2014,domestic labourers’  visas were issued by the Ministry of Labour.
The data refer to inflows (new and renewed permits). They are not net flows, since yearly figures of permits’ terminations are not substracted from these numbers.

2. Institution which provides data 

Ministry of Labour (MOL).
Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA).

3. Data availability

The LMRA publishes these data under its Bahrain Labour Market Indicators (http://www.lmra.bh/blmi),  data section (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2018/06/mi_data.xml), table 33
and dashboard section (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2018/06/mi_dashboard.xml), table 80 (http://blmi.lmra.bh/2018/06/data/ems/Table_80.pdf).

Date of access: December 2018

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