Al-Salim added that the Kingdom calls for addressing the negative perceptions of immigrants in hosted communities to promote their integration and contribution to the development as defined by human rights legislation and putting an end to discrimination. He added that the Kingdom has become a place of great attraction for a temporary expatriate workers from abroad, where it hosts more than 10 million temporary workers contributing to the projects of construction, services and productivity in the Kingdom from more than 100 states, which is considered an economic source for many of the labor-exporting countries, expressing the Kingdom's appreciation for expatriate workers who remit about $ 40 billion annually through agreed contracts in different areas in coordination with the labor-exporting countries, noting that the Kingdom ranks the second among the largest exporters of foreign financial remittances. --SPA 13:00 LOCAL TIME 10:00 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w