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Do promises to end the sponsorship system hold any merit?
Excerpt from: Do promises to end the sponsorship system hold any merit?
From Migrant RightsIn recent years, rights organizations and advocates have gradually singled-out the sponsorship (kafala) system for engendering imbalanced employer-employee relationships that trespass onto migrant labor rights, and that put migrants at risk for exploitation. The international community has particularly criticized the unfair advantages sponsors hold over migrant workers, including their ability to prevent migrants from seeking other employment or from leaving the country without their permission. The intensifying scrutiny on sponsorship has prompted several nations to officially reconsider the system’s merits, but is there any indication that these efforts are...Published By: Anti Racism Movement - Saturday, 12 May, 2012