News & Reports
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Bahrain
“Do governments see CSOs as partners or as troublemakers?”
An interview with Mehru Vesuvala, a founding member of Bahrain’s Migrant Workers Protection Society
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Covid-19
My father is not a statistic
The son of a migrant worker writes about the fragility of migration and how the pandemic has affected his family
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Covid-19
GCC states must ensure all residents have access to Covid-19 vaccines
As vaccine drives in the Gulf kick-off, it is critical that plans include migrant workers’ access to registration and appointments.
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Legislation
A de facto NOC in Qatar?
Backlash against reforms and demand for signed resignation letters create hurdles to job mobility
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Working conditions
Labour Inspections in Bahrain: Inadequate and Inefficient
There are only 12 inspectors to cover close to 760,000 workers (the majority of whom are migrants) and nearly 83,000 establishments. Even at a rate of two inspections a day per inspector, they would be able to make not more than 6,000 inspections in a year.
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Covid-19
Dreams, Reset.
Migrants take a hit as they grapple with job loss and uncertainty
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Oman
Freetown to captivity
Sierra Leonean women trafficked to Oman await rescue
In Brief
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Kuwait’s Public Authority for Manpower issued a new decision on 3 March 2021 that eases some restrictions on foreign employment transfers in order to address labour shortages.
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Kuwait has extended the grace period for migrants with irregular status to regularise their stay or leave Kuwait without being referred to the investigation authorities or be blacklisted from Kuwait, provided that they pay fines. The grace period was originally set to end on 31 January and will now end on 2 March 2021.
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In Brief
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Kuwait’s Public Authority for Manpower issued a new decision on 3 March 2021 that eases some restrictions on foreign employment transfers in order to address labour shortages.
Read more -
Kuwait has extended the grace period for migrants with irregular status to regularise their stay or leave Kuwait without being referred to the investigation authorities or be blacklisted from Kuwait, provided that they pay fines. The grace period was originally set to end on 31 January and will now end on 2 March 2021.
Read more
