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    The kafala system (also spelled "kefala system"; Arabic: نظام الكفالة, romanized: niẓām al-kafāla; meaning "sponsorship system") is a system that exists...
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    Slavery of people from Africa and East Asia was succeeded by the modern Kafala system of poor workers from the same region where slaves had previously...
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    problems regarding integration in Lebanese society. The ambiguity of the Kafala system in Lebanon has resulted in migrant domestic workers facing many legal...
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    descendants of the former slaves. Chattel slavery was succeeded by the Kafala system. The kafala system has been abolished in Qatar since December 2016. However...
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    Slavery of people from Africa and East Asia was succeeded by the modern Kafala system of poor workers from the same region were slaves had previously been...
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    Slavery of people from Africa and East Asia was succeeded by the modern Kafala system of poor workers from the same region were slaves had previously been...
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    granted for $213,000 while the limited residency costs $26,660 per year. The kafala system, present in a number of other Arab countries, governs the conditions...
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    are descendants of the former slaves. In contemporary Saudi Arabia, the kafala system, in which foreign workers are tied to a single employer for the duration...
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    former slaves. When chattel slavery was abolished, it was replaced by the Kafala system, which has been described as a modern form of slavery. During the...
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  • Kafala system. According to Sharan Burrow, general secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation, prior to the tournament, "the new Kafala...
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  • as some African countries, among others. The sponsorship system known as Kafala is almost the only way to recruit migrant workers. It is also used to strictly...
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  • servitude and extreme working conditions leading to numerous deaths under the Kafala system. The state of women's rights in Qatar and a British tourism executive...
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    skyscrapers. Many of these migrants were brought into the GCC under the kafala system, a sponsor-based system used in the GCC, which is seen by many human...
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    Slavery of people from Africa and East Asia was succeeded by the modern Kafala system of poor workers from the same region were slaves had previously been...
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    country's construction, hospitality, and domestic work sectors under the kafala system which human rights groups say is linked to abuses including modern...
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    nationals. Foreign nationals account for 70% of Kuwait's total population. The kafala system leaves foreign nationals prone to exploitation. Administrative deportation...
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  • perpetrators of the 2007 Glasgow International Airport attack A sponsor in the kafala migrant labor system This disambiguation page lists articles associated...
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    exit permit requirements earlier in the year, effectively dismantles the "kafala system" of sponsorships, although elements of the system remained. In March...
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    ); kafala (The bank acts as a kafil (guarantor) for the transactions of the card holder. For its services, the card holder is obligated to pay kafala bi...
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    University of California, Berkeley. Archived from the original on July 18, 2009. Kafala, Tarik (October 21, 2009). "What is a war crime?". BBC News. "Bibliography:...
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  • important concept which regulates migrant labor in the GCC countries is the kafala system, a sponsorship system which provides the legal basis for both residency...
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  • of Qatar's suitability to host Human rights issues Death of Marc Bennett Kafala system LGBT issues in Group B LGBT rights in Qatar OneLove Qatar diplomatic...
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    Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2018. Kafala, Tarik (20 October 2011). "Gaddafi's quixotic and brutal rule". BBC News...
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    2014, DLA Piper released more than 60 recommendations for reforming the kafala system including the abolition of exit visas and the introduction of a minimum...
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    permissible to take care of another child, which is known in Arabic as الكفالة (kafala), and is translated literally as sponsorship. A hadith involving Aisha and...
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    000 foreign workers – mostly female Ethiopians – under the discriminatory Kafala system of sponsorship in Lebanon by 2019, there is also a large community...
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  • work contract without the need for their former employer's approval. The kafala system in Saudi Arabia previously tied workers to their employers, or sponsors...
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  • ALQST (section Kafala system)
    ALQST reported on the use of Twitter and other online social networks by kafala system employers, "kafils", to "sell" migrant domestic workers to other...
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  • abolition of the sponsorship system (Kafala), but the law was implemented in 2018. The decision to replace Kafala system was to improve the living conditions...
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    of Qatar's suitability to host Human rights issues Death of Marc Bennett Kafala system LGBT issues in Group B LGBT rights in Qatar OneLove Qatar diplomatic...
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