News & Reports
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Bahrain
Bahrain building collapse kills 4, displaces nearly 200 workers
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GCC
Op-Ed: Being poor in the richest country in the world
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Qatar
Qatar abolishes exit permit for most migrants
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Bahrain
One year since launch: Has Bahrain’s Flexi-Permit lived up to its hype?
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Domestic Workers
In Kuwait, the discourse on migrant workers is lively and divided
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Legislation
Oman to move ahead with mandatory health insurance for workers
It was his first visit to a Gulf country, and one made with the great hope that he could earn a little bit and provide a better living for his family.
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Domestic Workers
Sandigan Kuwait: From Survivors to Defenders
Ann Abunda came to Kuwait from the Philippines in 2000. In the 18 years she has lived here, she has secured her family’s future, helped hundreds of domestic workers access justice and receive relief, and built a family of her own.
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In Brief
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Bahrain now requires migrant workers reported as “absconders” or “runaways” to pay for their own repatriation costs.
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Migrant workers’ eligibility to bring family members to the UAE will now be based on their income alone, rather than on their profession.
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Security sources say that Kuwait will launch a large-scale detention and deportation campaign on an estimated 120,000 irregular migrants. Thousands of migrants have already been arrested in the past six months, in what officials say is a crackdown on visa traders and fake companies.
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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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Bahrain now requires migrant workers reported as “absconders” or “runaways” to pay for their own repatriation costs.
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Migrant workers’ eligibility to bring family members to the UAE will now be based on their income alone, rather than on their profession.
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Security sources say that Kuwait will launch a large-scale detention and deportation campaign on an estimated 120,000 irregular migrants. Thousands of migrants have already been arrested in the past six months, in what officials say is a crackdown on visa traders and fake companies.
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