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    The kafala system or kefala system (Arabic: نظام الكفالة niẓām al-kafāla, lit. 'sponsorship system') is a system in the Middle East that involves binding...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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    Migrant domestic workers in Lebanon (category Kafala system)
    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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    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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  • 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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    organization. Contractors advertise the work and rates. Qatar uses the kafala system. This system gives the network (in this case the contractor) the...
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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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    workers, making up 90% of the constructive workforce. The country has a kafala system, which is associated with outdated laws and procedures, which ties...
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  • basis) 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • interference and "doubting the integrity of [the Saudi] judicial apparatus." The kafala system used for Foreign workers in Saudi Arabia gives sponsoring employees...
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    ‎ Baqt Contract of manumission Bukhara slave trade Crimean slave trade Kafala system Khazar slave trade Khivan slave trade Ottoman Empire Avret Pazarları...
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    ‎ Baqt Contract of manumission Bukhara slave trade Crimean slave trade Kafala system Khazar slave trade Khivan slave trade Ottoman Empire Avret Pazarları...
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    ‎ Baqt Contract of manumission Bukhara slave trade Crimean slave trade Kafala system Khazar slave trade Khivan slave trade Ottoman Empire Avret Pazarları...
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