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.

"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." ...

I am writing with regard to the post “Muslims are suffering because of the kafala system” (Aug. 28). The kafala (sponsorship) system is just another word for human trafficking. August 29, 2014 ...

Migrant workers move away parts of the stage used during the opening ceremony ahead of the Asian Cup Group A soccer match between Qatar and Lebanon at Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, Friday, Jan ...

The kafala system must be changed for the betterment of Muslims and mankind. Ilyas Afridi < Previous Page Next Page > September 05, 2014 HIGHLIGHTS SAUDI ARABIA 4 hours ago ...

It was like a prison.” Under the kafala system, ‘your employer is everything,’ says Zaina Kombo, an advocate of the High Court of Kenya and a migration researcher at Amnesty International.

Football World Cup 2022 host Qatar has agreed changes to its controversial "kafala" sponsorship system for foreign workers, which critics have likened to modern-day slavery, state media reported ...

In the “ kafala system,” workers pay to be “hired.” Their passports are confiscated. Their paychecks are withheld arbitrarily. Their movements are restricted.

"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 ...