News & Reports
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Trafficking
Kuwait and Saudi Arabia react to BBC’s investigation of online ‘maid trade’
Response to online sale of domestic workers may not address root problems
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Detention & Deportation
‘The Matloobs’
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Bahrain
Bahrain: Bill to restrict sponsorship transfer based on faulty information
A recently proposed bill would require migrants to work for three years before being able to transfer jobs without their employer's permission.
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Women
New Report: Lived Experiences of Migrant Women in Qatar, Bahrain, and Kuwait
In one-to-one interviews and focus groups, female migrant workers in Qatar, Kuwait, and Bahrain recounted their experiences with violence in the workplace and how they navigated formal and informal grievance mechanisms. Through their insights, we aim to provide a better understanding of the current status quo and offer recommendations to prevent and improve government response to gender-based violence. Using Feminist Participatory Action Research methods, the report’s findings and recommendations are predominantly those of the participants.
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Legislation
Comparison of Kafala and Labour Laws across the GCC states
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Bahrain
Non-payment of wages: An issue on the rise for low-income migrant workers in Bahrain
The economic downturn hit Bahrain’s construction sector hard and exacerbated the already rampant practice of delayed and unpaid wages. Costs and losses are passed on to the most vulnerable – the migrant workers at the end of the supply chain.
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Saudi Arabia
Belonging in transience: multi-generational migrants in Saudi Arabia
In Brief
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The Philippines has lifted a ban on deployment of domestic workers to Kuwait following an agreement on a Standard Work Contract for Filipino domestic workers.
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Kuwait’s Assistant Undersecretary for Traffic Affairs issued an order prohibiting the issuance of new licenses to expatriate students and nurses in a bid to “solve the problem of traffic congestion.”
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Bahrain’s Shura Council unanimously voted against a proposed amendment to the labour law that would guarantee employers to pay their workers on time and in full.
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The Latest Statistics
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92%
of domestic workers are not in possession of their passports, according to the Kuwait Society for Human Rights.
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63.5 hours
weekly average for domestic workers in Saudi, the second highest in the world.
Migrant-Rights.org Campaigns
Migrant Worker Recruitment to the Gulf: Challenges and Solutions
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The Philippines has lifted a ban on deployment of domestic workers to Kuwait following an agreement on a Standard Work Contract for Filipino domestic workers.
Read more -
Kuwait’s Assistant Undersecretary for Traffic Affairs issued an order prohibiting the issuance of new licenses to expatriate students and nurses in a bid to “solve the problem of traffic congestion.”
Read more -
Bahrain’s Shura Council unanimously voted against a proposed amendment to the labour law that would guarantee employers to pay their workers on time and in full.
Read more
