Removing Kafeel System in Kuwait is it possible? , iiQ8

Kuwait City, 14th October 2021:

Removing Kafeel System in Kuwait is it possible? , iiQ8

Kuwaiti watchdog pushes for scrapping sponsorship system

‘The kafeel system must end because it distorts Kuwaitโ€™s image and has been manipulated’

Kuwaitโ€™s state rights watchdog has called for scrapping the kafeel (sponsorship) system in the country where migrant workers make up the majority of population.

โ€œThe kafeel system must end because it distorts Kuwaitโ€™s image and has been manipulated,โ€ Head of the National Diwan for Human Rights Jassim Al Mubaraki said.
He added on the sidelines of a symposium that the system has given birth to illegal trade in visas for migrants.

โ€œThe visa trade does not serve Kuwaitโ€™s interests or its development. It has distorted its image abroad and is seen globally as a form of human trafficking,โ€ he added.
Foreigners make up nearly 3.4 million of Kuwait’s overall population of 4.6 million.

A total of 190,000 foreign workers have left Kuwait since the COVID-19 pandemic erupted in early 2020, according to figures released last month.


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