Covid-19

GCC Covid Relief Report

Qatar launches whistleblower platform

Domestic Workers

The Wide Gap Between C189 and Laws Pertaining to Domestic Workers in the GCC

Legislation

Summer midday work ban fails to adequately protect workers

Qatar

Migrant rights activist detained incommunicado by Qatar

Research

Searching outside the Gulf for better models of labour migration

Letters to MR

Exblowra Trading and Contracting Co

Domestic Workers

A Daughter’s Plea

Sponsorship

Qatar Shura Council recommendations threaten to undo reforms

Legislation

A de facto NOC in Qatar?

Covid-19

Struggling to return

Videos

Sexually harassed and deported for ‘running away’

Domestic Workers

No off days, 14-hour workdays and confiscated passports

Qatar

18 months of non-payment, Qatari company leaves workers in the lurch

Wage Theft

From Non-Payment To Destitution

Saudi Arabia

Alumco immune to strikes, court ruling, and continuing angst of workers

Recruitment Agencies

Challenges in ensuring ethical recruitment

Saudi Arabia

Stranded outside Saudi, migrant residents in limbo; confusion over their return

Qatar kafala reforms come into force

Sponsorship

Qatar reforms: Greater job mobility and higher minimum wage

Qatar

HRW Qatar report highlights ongoing wage theft and lack of protections, despite promises

Unfiled

Platform for local recruitment launched in Qatar

Covid-19

Migrant students left in the lurch in Dubai’s ‘free zone’ education

Workers

UAE’s revised visa extension rules place migrants in precarity

Racism & Discrimination

UN official presents report on structural racism and ‘de facto caste system’ of Qatar

GCC

Qatar sets up a new office to implement rulings in labour cases

Business & Human Rights

G4S employees in UAE live on food donations

World Cup

Workers on WC site unpaid for months, despite authorities being aware

Business & Human Rights

As the economy suffers, even profitable UAE companies leave employees in the lurch

Covid-19

GCC states urged to protect migrant workers amid Covid19 crisis

Covid-19

Migrants take their own lives as Covid19’s psychological impact worsens

Covid-19

With banks and money transfer agents closed, migrants struggle to send money home

Covid-19

Kuwait’s amnesty provides a risky reprieve for some migrant workers

Covid-19

UAE’s resolution to stabilise private sector employment gives businesses a free hand on contract change

Health and Safety

GCC Covid-19 policies need to better protect migrant workers from infections and other related vulnerabilities

Qatar abolishes exit permit for most workers, including domestic workers

Legislation

Comparison of Kafala and Labour Laws across the GCC states

Documentation

Forced evictions: Kuwait’s dehumanising campaign targets male migrants

Business & Human Rights

“Disrespect of the migrant worker is the rule”

The role of remittances in poverty reduction

GCC

Kafala for the poor, freedom for the rich

Indian ‘maid’ brutally tortured in Saudi

Domestic Workers

Saudi Labor Ministry Warns Against ‘Advertising’ Domestic Workers; Visa Trade Rife During Ramadan across GCC

Kuwait passes stiffer penalties for salary delay, visa trade

Saudi launches online portal to recruit domestic workers

Unpaid workers set fire to buses in Saudi Arabia

Domestic Workers

East African domestic workers union demands more protection for its workers in the Gulf

Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi: Guggenheim Breaks Off Negotiations with Gulf Labor

Documentation

Amnesty exposes extreme abuse on World Cup sites; ILO gives Qatar one more year to clean up its act

Documentation

Changes to UAE Labor Law

Documentation

Unified Contract for Kuwait’s Private Sector

Sponsorship

Nepal free visa, free ticket policy doesn’t deter demand for workers

Documentation

New fines in Saudi Arabia for employers’ violations

Kuwait

UAE announces reforms to labor rules; Kuwait and Qatar move forward on unified contracts

Domestic Workers

From lecture halls to mimbars: The gap in discourses on domestic workers.

Domestic Workers

Oman trade union demands more protection for domestic workers

Domestic Workers

This Ramadan, do the right thing by your domestic worker

Domestic Workers

Few More Rules, Not Enough Enforcement Mechanisms: Kuwait’s Draft Law for Domestic Workers

Sponsorship

Understanding Kafala: An archaic law at cross purposes with modern development

GCC

Qatar to implement wage protection system; doesn’t fully address workers’ needs

GCC

No real change to the system without a deeper challenge to the position of Gulf rulers: Dr Adam Hanieh

Documentation

Inside Emirati Deportation Prisons

GCC

With 22 million migrant workers, GCC societies face tremendous challenges: ILO

Domestic Workers

Punitive measures against Qatar employers are needed to resolve recurring cases of abuse

Domestic Workers

Domestic workers enter employment already branded untrustworthy; Stereotypes persist

GCC

From officials to citizens, policing of migrants borders on abuse in GCC