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Kuwait to launch freelance visa allowing foreign workers to work independentlyKuwait is launching a freelance residency permit within two months, allowing skilled foreign workers to operate independently for an annual...- Saudi labour reform can unlock new doorsSaudi Arabia is partially reforming its sponsorship system for foreign workers as part of its economic diversification, freeing exit and jo...
- Saudi Arabia abolishes Kafala system for immigrants, grants new rights to millionsSaudi Arabia has officially abolished its 50-year-old Kafala system, a labor sponsorship framework that tied migrant workers to employers. ...
- Kuwait to require exit permits for foreign workers before leaving the countryKuwait is to require foreigners working in the private sector to obtain their employer's permission before leaving the country, authorities...
- Saudi Arabia open to hosting 64-team FIFA World Cup in 2034Saudi Arabia is prepared to host the 2034 FIFA World Cup with 64 teams. This is if FIFA decides to expand the tournament. Prince Abdulaziz ...
- A deadly fire exposes the plight of low-paid migrants in wealthy KuwaitIn Kuwait, a devastating fire that killed 49 migrant workers has revealed severe housing issues for low-income workers. Authorities respond...
- Saudi probes alleged abuses at Amazon warehouses: statementSaudi Arabia is investigating reports of poor conditions for migrant workers at Amazon warehouses in the country. The investigation was ini...
- Qatar says worker deaths for World Cup 'between 400 and 500'The comment by Hassan al-Thawadi, the secretary-general of Qatar's Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy, appeared to come off the cuff...
- Migrant workers' human rights violated in Qatar: RSS-affiliated trade union"Several human rights watchdogs have reported slave-like conditions of work in Qatar recently, since the award of the hostship of FIFA Worl...
- Bahrain launches 'golden' permanent residency visas to lure talentAmid volatility in oil prices, many of the region's countries have been seeking to diversify their economies away from dependence on fossil...
- Saudi Arabia announces plans to improve foreign workers freedomThe plans, which will take effect in March 2021, include foreign workers' right to leave the country without employers' permission, Abdulla...
- Saudi Arabia to reform kafala worker sponsorship system in 2021: ReportThe kafala system, which has been in place for seven decades in Saudi, generally binds a migrant worker to one employer. Rights groups crit...
- Reports of bodies piling up in Saudi mortuaries factually misleading: MEAMost cases are 'clear' cases in which, as per the local norms, it takes around three weeks to send mortal remains even if the documents are...
- Saudi Arabia agrees to help thousands of stranded IndiansSingh arrived here today to assess the situation and finalise modalities to bring back the stranded Indian workers who even do not have mon...
- Qatar football World Cup 2022: The inhuman conditions of workers is not a game to be enjoyedThe root problem is the Qatari Kafala sponsorship system, which enables employers to exercise significant control over the lives of migrant...
- As migrants slave in Gulf, India is stuck choosing between worker rights and remittancesAs Indian migrants to the Gulf states are harassed, the Indian government is stuck choosing between worker rights protection and the need f...
- Despite Qatar's promises, foreign workers' death continuesNepalese foreign employment promotion board said that 157 of its workers in Qatar had died between January and mid-November this year.
- Taking away FIFA World Cup 2022 from Qatar is a shame, humiliation for the countryQatar is a monarchy, a deeply conservative country, which, reportedly, supported various rebel groups during the Arab Spring movement. Qata...
- Kuwait may scrap sponsorship system soon: reportThe new system would help efforts to fight visa trafficking by preventing job providers from issuing work permits they can sell to workers.
- India women migrants vulnerable to exploitation in Gulf: UNThe report was also critical of provision that made it mandatory for female emigrants from India to have completed matriculation or be of 3...
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