Migrant Rights - Advancing the rights of migrant workers throughout the Middle East

Migrants in Kuwait stuck between cars they can’t drive and buses they don’t want to take

Acquiring a driving licence is an elaborate process entangled in class and privilege. Coupled with a poor public transport system, many migrants in Kuwait are left without an efficient way to get around. Institutionalised racism underpins Kuwait’s ongoing transportation crisis, affecting migrants of all socioeconomic classes in different ways.

UAE to implement mandatory unemployment insurance scheme in 2023

Barriers to accessing benefits disregard workers' lack of power under the Kafala system

Bahrain launches new Labour Registration Program to replace Flexi-Permit

It is crucial to highlight that working without a sponsor does not always entail better living and working conditions. As MR previously reported, Flexi-Permit holders were rendered vulnerable in other ways when compared to those under a kafeel.

Critical protection gaps remain in UAE’s new domestic worker law

Ambiguous phrasing and undefined terms continue to put power into the hands of employers

Workers in Qatar remain voiceless and invisible, despite reforms and international furore

Will the momentum for change continue beyond the World Cup?

Bahrain ends its Flexi-Permit programme and announces labour reforms

Exorbitant fees entrap Ugandan workers in the GCC

Corruption at the destination is part of the problem, UAE the biggest draw