The UN’s International Labor Organization says Qatar plans to abolish its Kafala system. Kafala basically tied foreign workers to their employers. This is big news for the roughly 95% of Qatar’s workforce, which primarily comes from countries such as Bangladesh, Nepal and the Philippines. The World’s Shirin Jaafari reports.
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