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The kafala or sponsorship system practiced by GCC nations has been stated as the main reason for abuse of the rights of low-income migrant workers. [25] Little discussed is the fact that high-income professional expatriate workers are also deeply affected by the abuse of the system by companies.
Many of these migrants were brought into the GCC under the kafala system, a sponsor-based system used in the GCC, which is seen by many human rights groups as highly exploitative, since their passports are confiscated and they are forced to work in low-level conditions, within cramped living quarters, for a low salary, and sometimes even ...
The kafala system has been pointed out by human rights organization as one of the main sources of some of the human rights abuses reported in the GCC countries. [ 76 ] [ 84 ] [ 87 ] [ 88 ] [ 89 ] As this sponsorship system, often enshrined in labor laws, assigns the employer with the sole responsibility for the migrant worker, it also provides ...
The GCC area is the most popular destination for temporary labour migrants worldwide. [6] The UAE's economy is the largest consumer market in the Middle East and is one of the largest Arab economies, second to Saudi Arabia. Its natural resources made it one of the world’s richest high (high-average income) countries.
Saudi Arabia's mega plans and reliance on the Kafala system have already seen Amnesty’s High Stakes Bids report conclude that the “tournament is highly likely to be tarnished by exploitation ...
The sponsorship system (kafeel or kafala) exists throughout the GCC, apart from Bahrain, and means that a worker (not a tourist) may not enter the country without having a kafeel. They cannot leave without the kafeel 's permission. An exit permit must first be awarded by the sponsor, or kafeel. The sponsor has the right to ban the employee from ...
The Kafala system is not legally binding in Lebanon because recruiters cannot act as a sponsor. [24] Instead the system is made up of a number for administrative regulations, customary practices and legal requirements which bind the worker to the recruiter temporarily. [25]. Once in Lebanon, the migrant domestic worker is assigned an employer ...
In 2009, Bahrain was the first country in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) to claim to repeal the kafala system. In a public statement the Labor Minister likened the system to slavery . [ 26 ] Changes to the Labour Market Regulatory Suggestion were made in April 2009 and implemented starting 1 August 2009.