The Kafala system was developed as a "sponsorship system" that requires all unskilled workers to have an in-country sponsor who employs them and becomes responsible for their visa and legal status. This inherently abusive sponsorship system eliminates the concept of decent work and increases the risk of suffering from labor exploitation, forced labor and trafficking.
The Levantine banality of evil: Kafala system in Lebanon
Is a revolution complete when deep-rooted racism (expressed through the Kafala system and beyond) is not eliminated? Would it still have been the same to visit Lebanon and walk in the jasmine scented streets without thinking of these Ethiopian women?
English | June 22, 2020
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