The Kafala System needs to be abolished beyond paper and law

Social media posts and tweets flooded the feeds of Lebanese with news that the Kafala system was on its first step to abolishment, but what is this ‘first step’ and what could happen next, realistically?

Caretaker Labour Minister Lamia Yammine said on Friday September 4th that she had issued a standard unified contract that “enshrines the rights” of the foreign workers. In a tweet, Yammine stated she has terminated the project to subject domestic service to the Lebanese labor law so that they obtain their contractual rights and “benefit from the broadest social protection.” 

Under the new contract, Article 1 requires that all employers and migrant domestic workers should adopt their standard work contract. Article 2 raises that this decision shall be effective as of September 21st, 2020, two days ago by now.

English | September 23, 2020

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