News & Reports
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Gig Workers
Rafeeq and Snoonu food delivery app riders stranded in Qatar
Unpaid for seven months and now homeless, the Kenyan men await justice months after filing a complaint, even as their employer continues to be a no-show at the labour hearings.
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Bahrain
Loan Shark Menace In Bahrain
An organised network of loan sharks are preying on Bahrain’s unsuspecting and vulnerable populations, driving them into deeper financial distress
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Health and Safety
The Cost of Good Health for Kuwait’s Migrant Workers
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Saudi Arabia
Crackdown on “azad” visa holders in Saudi Arabia
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World Cup
Hundreds of World Cup workers stage protest, remain unpaid and destitute
Poorly managed and executed short-term contracts and visas add to workers' woes
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Kuwait
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.
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Legislation
UAE to implement mandatory unemployment insurance scheme in 2023
Barriers to accessing benefits disregard workers' lack of power under the Kafala system
In Brief
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Another wave of detention and deportation campaigns have taken place across the GCC in recent months, particularly in Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia. Weekly, officials report hundreds of migrant workers detained in searches and raids.
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Kuwait has banned the entry of all Filipino nationals, except those with valid residence permits. The ban includes those who possess new work visas. A Philippines official says the move is a retaliatory measure aimed at forcing the sending country’s hand.
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Kuwait now requires non-nationals to renew their driving licences annually. Previously, licences were valid for a period of three years.
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In Brief
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Another wave of detention and deportation campaigns have taken place across the GCC in recent months, particularly in Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia. Weekly, officials report hundreds of migrant workers detained in searches and raids.
Read more -
Kuwait has banned the entry of all Filipino nationals, except those with valid residence permits. The ban includes those who possess new work visas. A Philippines official says the move is a retaliatory measure aimed at forcing the sending country’s hand.
Read more -
Kuwait now requires non-nationals to renew their driving licences annually. Previously, licences were valid for a period of three years.
Read more
