Detention, Deportation & Justice

A recently proposed bill would require migrants to work for three years before being able to transfer jobs without their employer's permission.

The predominant model of employment in the region is the live-in arrangement, where millions of workers are subject to the stranglehold of an individual employer and their household. What are the viable alternatives to this prevalent model?

Will an online clean-up change realities on the ground?

Saudi's Minister of Labour and Social Development has issued a ministerial order revising the labour law’s executive regulations. The amendments include a table of labour law violations corresponding penalties, some which are new or updated with increased fines.

A brief review of the laws and available data pertaining to Saudi Arabia's detention of migrant workers with irregular status.

Saudi’s ‘Privileged iqama’ is the latest in the GCC trend to relax Kafala for those with privilege