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Migrant workers in Qatar account for six times as many people as naturalized citizens, with the largest sending communities being India, amounting to 23.58% of the total population of Qatar, Nepal, which makes up 17.3%, and the Philippines, which makes up 9.65%. Migrant workers makeup the majority of Qatar's labor force at 94%. [103]
The United Nations Convention constitutes a comprehensive international treaty regarding the protection of migrant workers' rights. It emphasizes the connection between migration and human rights, which is increasingly becoming a crucial policy topic worldwide.
Migrant workers in the United Arab Emirates describe the foreign workers who have moved to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for work. As a result of the proximity of the UAE to South Asia and a better economy and job opportunities, most of the migrant foreign workers are from India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Philippines and Pakistan.
Articles relating to migrant workers, persons who either migrate within their home country or outside it to pursue work. Migrant workers usually do not have the intention to stay permanently in the country or region in which they work. Migrant workers who work outside their home country are also called foreign workers.
Even though 40.8% of all workers in the Arab states are migrant workers, only 20% of these migrant workers are women. [19] Cultural and legal institutions in the region, such as the Kafala system [ 15 ] and a lack of labor laws, [ 22 ] have caused large proportions of these women migrant workers to be exploited and abused.
A migrant labourer centre in Troitsky Administrative Okrug, Moscow. Conditions for migrant labourers have been described as poor by news reports and human rights organisations alike, with Human Rights Watch saying that "large numbers of these workers are subjected to abuse and exploitation by employers, employment agencies, and other intermediaries, and are victims of extortion and abuse by ...
Migrant Workers (Supplementary Provisions) Convention, 1975, or Convention concerning Migrations in Abusive Conditions and the Promotion of Equality of Opportunity and Treatment of Migrant Workers is an International Labour Organization Convention for the rights of migrant workers.
Migrant workers could only receive work permits after signing a contract with an employer and being under the responsibility of the employer. [106] Migrant workers were not allowed to work for other employers, nor were employers permitted to employ migrant workers belonging to other employers. [107]