Beirut, Lebanon, 23 Oct 2024. African migrant workers fleeing the ongoing conflict have been left left homeless and without ...
particularly around the kafala employment system, which had previously given employers control over whether migrant workers could change jobs or even leave the country. “There are still a huge ...
Being A Migrant Worker In Qatar Is Even Worse Than You Thought A flowchart shows how workers get exploited by Qatar's kafala system. Weapons, Bribes, And Dictators: Where Architects Draw The Line ...
FIFA is under fire after rejecting calls to monitor the treatment of migrant workers in Saudi Arabia who will be hosting the ...
“Qatar refuses to make public the actual death toll of migrant workers or the real causes ... involving companies across the world who are profiting from the kafala labour system which enslaves ...
“Qatar’s migrant worker population is set to peak by 2017, to deliver the infrastructure for the 2022 World Cup. “Only by ending the kafala system now, giving workers the right to freedom of ...
The kafala system, used in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, ties migrant workers’ legal status to their employers, typically in low-wage sectors. Under this system, employers control ...
“Migrant workers helped create Qatar’s World Cup ... In 2020, Qatar abolished the kafala system’s exit visa requirement, announced a minimum wage for all workers and allowed employees ...