Foreign Nationals Oman has a high proportion of foreign nationals living and working there (44%), with over 1.5 million migrant workers in the country, mostly from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. However, it is more restrictive that its Gulf neighbours and has sought to reduce the proportion of foreigners in its labour force, following a policy of ‘Omanisation’. In 2014 and 2015, Oman detained and deported a large number of foreign workers. The Global Detention Project note that Oman’s restrictive and closed political systems make it very dif cult for human rights groups to operate in the country. Very little is also known about the numbers and make up of foreign prisoners and those sentenced to death. The Omani government also occasionally releases some information, which is then reported in the local press. The World Prison Brief estimate that over 30% of prisoners are foreign nationals, although it is not known how many of these are under death sentences. Amnesty International reported that four people were executed in 2021. Oman has sought to reduce the number of foreign nationals working within its shores due to the policy of Arabisation, similar to other Gulf countries Acknowledgements With special thanks to Luise Eder for her assistance with this research in Oman. Death Penalty Research Unit, University of Oxford For more research see: fi foreign-nationals.uwazi.io or tinyurl.com/mappingdeathrow