The 2022 World Cup is getting underway soon in Qatar. For our Econ Extra Credit series this month, we decided to watch “The Workers Cup,” which documents the lives of some of the migrant workers that ...
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.Abang Sharon arrived in Lebanon on April ...
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
The system was compared to modern-day slavery, and left vulnerable workers with little protection and open to abuse, critics said. In a long-expected announcement, Labour Minister Issa bin Saad ...
In 2017, a nurse from Karnataka arrived in Saudi Arabia, lured by the promise of a monthly salary of Rs 25,000. Instead, she became a victim of trafficking and slavery under the infamous kafala system ...
The 2022 Qatar FIFA World Cup spurred global outrage when mainstream media caught wind of the fact that 6,500 migrant laborers had died in the construction of new soccer stadiums for the event. Social ...
Qatar will host a World Cup which honours workers’ rights after agreeing to end the notorious kafala system in the next two months, the head of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) ...
MANAMA/DUBAI, June 8 (Reuters) - Gulf Arab states are unlikely to follow Bahrain in dumping the controversial "kafala" system used to import millions of foreigners as demand for cheap labour outweighs ...