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According to a 2008 HRW report, [11] under the kafala system in Saudi Arabia, "an employer assumes responsibility for a hired migrant worker and must grant explicit permission before the worker can enter Saudi Arabia, transfer employment, or leave the country. The kafala system gives the employer immense control over the worker."
The kafala system in Saudi Arabia previously tied workers to their employers, or sponsors, who are responsible for the employees’ visa and legal status. The new law limited the relationship between employers and expatriate workers under the system, who primarily work in construction and domestic work.
According to a 2008 Human Rights Watch report, [79] under the kafala system in Saudi Arabia, "an employer assumes responsibility for a hired migrant worker and must grant explicit permission before the worker can enter Saudi Arabia, transfer employment, or leave the country. The kafala system gives the employer immense control over the worker."
Pakistani labour at Al Masjid Nabawi (the Prophet's Mosque) in Medina. Foreign workers in Saudi Arabia (Arabic: العَمالَة الأَجْنَبِيَّة فِي السَعُودِيَّة, romanized: al-ʿamālah al-ʾāǧnabīyah fī as-Saʿūdīyah), estimated to number about 9 million as of April 2013, [1] [failed verification] began migrating to the country soon after oil was ...
Like in Qatar — where legislation abolished the kafala system but inadequate enforcement left it somewhat intact — there have been “waves of reforms” in Saudi Arabia, Page said. But even ...
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 ...
In Saudi Arabia, the kafala system is enshrined in the 1969 Labor Law. [88] The 1969 law required every migrant worker to have signed a contract with an employer, placing them directly under the responsibility of the sponsor. [ 88 ]
Saudi Arabia expelled 40,000 Pakistani workers within four months at the end of 2016 and the early part of 2017, citing security concerns. [ 9 ] Abdullah Al-Sadoun, chairman of the security committee of the Shoura Council, asked for Pakistani citizens to be scrutinized before being allowed to come into Saudi Arabia.