Qatar recruits 400 security agents

The Tunisian Technical Co-operation Agency (TTCA) announced that 400 agents of the internal security forces—police, national guard and civil defence—have joined since August 2011, their jobs in Qatar. These agents will be paid a monthly wage of more than 1,000 dollars. During the regular meeting with the press held by the Prime Ministry's Information Cell, TTCA CEO Omar Jilani said that the recruitments, made at the request of the United Arab Emirates and Qatar as part of the technical co-operation, are in conformity with the Tunisian law. He underlined that the Tunisian skills in the sectors of security, health and education are highly-prized in the Arab Gulf countries. The mission assigned to these agents and executives is to ensure security in the different important events to be held in that country, such as the Pan-Arab Games and the World Football Cup in 2022, said TTCA official. Since the beginning of the present year, and up to November 15, 2011, the number of Tunisian guest workers reached 1,841, against 1,827 during the same period of last year. Two-thirds of these guest workers are from the sectors of secondary and higher education and health.