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November 4, 2020 | English
Saudi Arabia has announced it will ease some of the contractual restrictions giving employers control over the lives of some 10 million migrant workers.
November 4, 2020 | English
Saudi Arabia has been repeatedly criticised for its 'kafala' sponsorship system. Under the new law, workers can leave & travel without their boss's permission. Kingdom will also abolish 'runaway' reports for those who do not turn up to work. These reports effectively make the workers criminals at risk of being jailed. The new regulations will not apply to the country's 3.7 million domestic workers.
November 4, 2020 | English
Saudi Arabia on Wednesday announced new plans to ease foreign workers’ contractual restrictions, improving a sponsorship system known as kafala.
November 4, 2020 | English
Foreign workers will have the right to change jobs and leave the country without employers' permission under new plans
November 4, 2020 | English
"One of the greatest injustices in the world."
November 4, 2020 | English
After the cancellation of the Kafala system, the following requirements will be canceled. No need for the Kafeel permission for the transfer of sponsorship.No need for the Exit Re-entry visa.No need for the final exit visa.No Huroob by the Kafeel.
November 4, 2020 | Arabic
Saudi Arabia abolished its Kafala system, which has been in operation for more than 72 years. It has been substituted by civil contracts, allowing employees' to reclaim and protect their rights.
October 31, 2020 | English
Powerful and also sentimental video on the plight of migrant woman workers in Lebanon, esp after the #BeirutBlast. 400K migrant workers and they all tie to Kafala System which gives employers the power to control the workers.
October 30, 2020 | English
The future for Yemi, a Nigerian former student, was laid out in a contract written in Arabic which she signed in an office in Lagos in June 2019 to enable a recruitment agency bring her to work in Lebanon.
October 30, 2020 | English
أعيدوا إعمال العقد؛ عدّلوا قانون العمل؛
(بيروت، 30 أكتوبر/ تشرين الأول 2020) - قالت منظمة العفو الدولية وهيومن رايتس ووتش اليوم إن مجلس شورى الدولة اللبناني، وهو أعلى محكمة إدارية في البلاد، قد وجه صفعة قوية لحقوق عاملات المنازل المهاجرات بتعليق إعمال عقد عمل موحد جديد. تضمن العقد الموحد، الذي تبنته وزارة العمل في 8 سبتمبر/أيلول 2020، إجراءات حماية جديدة لعاملات المنازل المهاجرات، بما في ذلك الضمانات البالغة الأهمية ضد العمل القسري، وكان من الممكن أن يكون خطوة أولى مهمة نحو إلغاء نظام الكفالة المسيء.