Qatar on Monday formally announced the end of its controversial “kafala” system, arguably the biggest ever labour reform undertaken by the 2022 football World Cup host nation.

"FIFPro has the attention of Qatar's leading football officials," said FIFPro delegate Mads Oland after meeting Hassan Al Thawadi, secretary general of the Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee, in Doha on ...

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Rights activists long have criticized the “kafala” system as allowing abuses of those foreign workers. This comes as Qatar will host the 2022 FIFA World Cup in the Arabian Peninsula nation.

Such a situation does not exist in any country other than Kuwait. The Arabian Gulf states such as Saudi Arabia, the Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar, and Oman resolved the crisis by abolishing the Kafala ...

The kafala system, which Maaal said has been in place for seven decades in Saudi, generally binds a migrant worker to one employer. Rights groups criticise the system and say it leaves workers ...

Nov 30 (Reuters) - Qatar has been told by the world players' union FIFPro to abolish the kafala system for footballers and respect international standards for their contracts. The 2022 World Cup ...

Rights activists long have criticized the “kafala” system as allowing abuses of those foreign workers. This comes as Qatar will host the 2022 FIFA World Cup in the Arabian Peninsula nation.