Gulf & Regional Coverage

Kuwait has enacted a new immigration law, replacing the previous law that had been in place for over six decades. While not a complete overhaul, the law introduces some notable provisions, particularly regarding domestic workers and visa trading, along with stricter penalties.

Is the avoidable tragedy a wake-up call, or business as usual?

Driven from their fields by increasingly erratic weather patterns that devastate their crops, more Nepali farmers are migrating in search of new livelihoods. But their escape from one climate disaster lands them in another, with rising temperatures in the Gulf exacerbating already dangerous working conditions.

As the Kingdom steps up recruitment from Nepal, manpower supply and contracting companies have a free run