The Dangers of the Middle East’s Kafala System

Name: The Dangers of the Middle East’s Kafala System
Uploaded: 2022-01-25T20:43:32-05:00
Description: The kafala system regulates the lives of tens of millions of migrant laborers in the Middle East, but growing outrage over human rights abuses, racism, and gender discrimination has fueled calls for reform. To learn more about the kafala system, read this backgrounder.

Published: January 25, 2022 8:43 p.m.

Kali Robinson
Senior Writer/Copy Editor, Middle East
Thamine Nayeem
Video Producer

The kafala system regulates the lives of tens of millions of migrant laborers in the Middle East, but growing outrage over human rights abuses, racism, and gender discrimination has fueled calls for reform.

To learn more about the kafala system, read this backgrounder.

By experts and staff