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Bookmark or Share- Modern Day Slavery: the Kafala System in Lebanon21.Dec.2020 . 7 min read. Two hundred and fifty thousand workers under the Kafala system in Lebanon are currently struggling to survive in an exploitative system. Conflicts within the country due to an economic recession and corruption add to the challenges these workers face. What is the Kafala System?
- What Is the Kafala System? - Human Trafficking SearchThe kafala system is a legal framework defining the relationship between migrant workers and their employers in Jordan, Lebanon, and all Arab Gulf states but Iraq. It was created to supply cheap, plentiful labor in an era of booming economic growth, and its defenders argue that it benefits local businesses and helps drive development.
- What Is the Kafala System? | Council on Foreign RelationsThe kafala, or sponsorship, system defines the relationship between foreign workers and their local sponsor, or kafeel, which is usually their employer. It has been used in Gulf Cooperation...
- Kafala system - WikipediaThe kafala system (also spelled "kefala system"; Arabic: نظام الكفالة, romanized: niẓām al-kafāla; meaning "sponsorship system") is a system used to monitor migrant laborers, working primarily in the construction and domestic sectors in Gulf Cooperation Council member states and a few neighboring countries, namely Qatar, Bahrain ...
- Inside the "kafala" migrant labor system - MarketplaceThe “ kafala ” system, translating literally to “sponsorship,” is used by Qatar and other Persian Gulf countries to employ migrant workers. While the system has been in place for decades, the...
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