20 March 2016, Trade Arabia There has been a significant improvement in the migrant workers’ living conditions and also their rights in Qatar following a critical report from the International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) tripartite inspection commission three years ago. Two assessments – a report of the ILO tripartite inspection commission and a leagal assessment from […]
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13 February 2016, Migrants-Rights Qatar’s failure is due largely to its stubborn stand of not recognising migrant workers as critical players in national building, deserving of equal status. It is also in part due to weak implementation of existing regulations, and a stranglehold over any form of independent rights-based social work. With growing criticism of
29 November 2015, Kathmandu Post Nov 29, 2015- The number of Nepali migrants going to Malaysia has fallen drastically after the government made it mandatory for overseas employers to provide free tickets and visa to workers. Malaysia, the largest destination for Nepali workers, hired only 25,635 Nepali workers in the last three months, nearly 68
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27 October 2015, Doha News After more than a year of debate, Qatar has adopted changes to its controversial Kafala sponsorship system, which will make it easier for some to switch jobs and leave the country. The main reforms appear to be that there will be a new system to appeal refused exit permits. Additionally, expats who
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16 October 2015, The Peninsula DOHA: Routine and surprise raids on manpower agencies have resulted in cancellation of 15 licences recently, according to a senior official from the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. There are 282 manpower agencies in the country and 15 have been shut down and their licences revoked in 2014-15 for
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30 June 2015, ArabianBusiness.com Laws governing the entry and exit of expat workers in Qatar are to be revised by the end of 2015 following the completion of a review by the government this week. In a statement issued to media on Monday, the Qatari government also pledged to clamp down on “dishonest recruitment practices”
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5 May 2015, Migrant-Rights.org In the villages, there is a saviour and he is simply called ‘agent’. He takes on the garb of the bogeyman in global migration narratives. The corrupt recruitment agent preying on gullible citizens and packing them off to hostile shores. The truth lies between the two guises. There has been little
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10 April 2015, Kathmandu Post APR 10 – Earlier this week, Abdullah Saleh Mubarak Al-Khulaifi, the Qatari Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, and his team came to Kathmandu to talk about the labour issues between Nepal and Qatar. Minister Al-Khulaifi was feted and offered high praise by many high-ranking Nepali officials. Among the many
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