The Peninsula Qatar | 4 February 2019 Doha: The State of Qatar and the Republic of Tajikistan signed yesterday an agreement on the regulations of workers recruitment from Tajikistan to work in Qatar. The agreement was signed by Minister of Administrative ... read more
Daily Nation | 30 October 2018 Hundreds of Kenyan migrants employed in Qatar as domestic workers, cleaners, drivers and chefs can now come back home freely after the Middle East nation abolished its controversial exit visa system, which requires foreigner... read more
The Guardian | 29 October 2018 The Guardian has found evidence that hotel staff in the world’s richest country are paid below the minimum wage for enduring long shifts in intense heat The Marsa Malaz Kempinski hotel rises like a fairytale palace from a ... read more
Kathmandu Post | 28 October 2018 Qatar, which hosts hundreds of thousand Nepalis, has proposed a ‘zero cost’ modality for employing migrant workers in the country. The developments come as another relief for Nepali workers who face a number of hassles... read more
The Colombo Gazette | 4 October 2018 The Government of Qatar will soon be simplifying the migrant work visa application process that will expedite the visa processing for Sri Lankan migrant workers. The service, which will first be introduced in Sri Lanka... read more
Gulf Times | 29 September 2018 Doha – The Ministry of Interior affirmed its keenness to facilitate recruitment procedures for expatriate workers in accordance with a unified mechanism that is transparent and responsible. The ministry said that it wi... read more
Gulf Times | 27 September 2018 The first Qatar Visa Service Centre will open in Sri Lanka on October 12 as part of an initiative to enable expatriate workers to complete work visa-related procedures in their home countries, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) ... read more
Reuters | 12 September DOHA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Migrant workers outnumber the local workforce in Qatar by nearly 20 to one. Most are from the Philippines, South Asia and Africa, and about 800,000 work in the construction sector. Stung by ... read more
The Guardian | 6 September 2018 A law change that will allow the majority of migrant workers to leave Qatar without permission from their employers has been heralded by campaigners as a landmark in the battle against labour abuses in the build-up to the n... read more
Human Rights Watch |6 September 2018 (Beirut) – The bill that Qatar’s emir signed on September 4, 2018 now allows foreign workers the right to leave the country but excludes several key groups of workers and falls short of Qatar’s reform pledges ove... read more