In Lebanon, tens of thousands of migrants work under the so-called "kafala" system. Human and migrants' rights organizations describe it as modern-day slavery ... .
Saudi Arabia has abolished its 50-year-old Kafala system. Millions of migrant workers, including over 1.3 crore Indians, are set to gain new freedoms and protections under a reformed labour framework ... .
Foreign workers in Saudi Arabia are cheering the long-awaited decision, which is expected to bring significant changes to the existing sponsorship model ... .
In a landmark labour reform, Saudi Arabia has officially scrapped the decades-old Kafala (sponsorship) system that tied foreign workers’ employment and residency to their employers ... What was the Kafala system?.
Saudi Arabia this month confirmed it had abolished the controversial 50-year-old kafala labour sponsorship system reviled as 'modern-day slavery', allowing employers - called kafeel - inhuman levels... .