‘I was shocked. Everyone was staring at me. My whole body was shaking and I could feel that I was starting to cry.’ Incidents ...

Iskander: That’s right. I mean the kafala system literally it just translates into “sponsorship” system. And it is a thicket of laws that encapsulates the temporary labor framework in Qatar.

Mercy Wanjiru Ndungu speaks from inside her single-room tin shack in Nairobi’s Kasarani neighborhood, her voice tight with ...

Governments have taken gradual steps to reduce the scope for exploitation under the so-called kafala system, and in August, Qatar became the first to guarantee foreigners a minimum wage regardless ...

There are reports this week that Saudi authorities are seeking to abolish the notorious kafala (sponsorship) system in 2021. Under that system, some 10 million migrant workers’ legal status are ...

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 ...

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.

Away from deaths, there have been other issues. Central to these was the kafala system — a system by which migrant workers would be monitored by their employers, otherwise known as sponsors.

"Qatar heard FIFPro's wish to abolish the kafala sponsorship system in its application to footballers. This goes to the heart of respecting their basic human rights." ...

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.

Governments have taken gradual steps to reduce the scope for exploitation under the so-called kafala system and, in August, Qatar became the first to guarantee foreigners a minimum wage regardless ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — New labor rules in the energy-rich nation of Qatar “effectively dismantles” the country’s long-criticized “kafala” employment system, a U.N. labor body ...