today again:
HRW criticises sponsorship system in M-E
The sponsorship system, locally known as “Kafala,” is mostly prevalent in energy-rich Gulf Cooperation Council states which are home to at least 12 million foreign workers, many of whom complain of maltreatment.
In April, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay called on Gulf countries to stop requiring migrant workers to secure local sponsors, saying the system fosters abuses.
but nothing had changed so far:(
today again:
HRW criticises sponsorship system in M-E
The sponsorship system, locally known as “Kafala,” is mostly prevalent in energy-rich Gulf Cooperation Council states which are home to at least 12 million foreign workers, many of whom complain of maltreatment.
In April, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay called on Gulf countries to stop requiring migrant workers to secure local sponsors, saying the system fosters abuses.
“I wholeheartedly support those efforts and call on other states to replace the Kafala system with updated labour laws that can better balance rights and duties,” she said in a speech in Saudi Arabia.
http://www.qatar-tribune.com/data/20100616/content.asp?section=world1_1