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The kafala system or kefala system (Arabic: نظام الكفالة niẓām al-kafāla, lit. ' sponsorship system ' ) is a system in the Middle East that involves binding migrant workers to a specific employer throughout the period of their residence in a country.
The kafala system is a major issue for South Asian labourers in the Persian Gulf region. The most common practice is the taking away of their passport. Further disenfranchisement is used through the lack of proper housing, occasional verbal abuse, and garnishment of wages.
The Kafala system is not legally binding in Lebanon because recruiters cannot act as a sponsor. [24] Instead the system is made up of a number for administrative regulations, customary practices and legal requirements which bind the worker to the recruiter temporarily. [25]. Once in Lebanon, the migrant domestic worker is assigned an employer ...
Kuwait's foreign worker sponsorship system mandates that expatriates must be sponsored by a local employer to get a work permit. In August 2008, MP Abdullah Al-Roumi declared that he was going to draft a law to scrap Kuwait's "kafeel" foreign worker sponsorship system: "The government should be the only kafeel...
The report focuses on the fact that despite the easing of the Kafala system in 2020 as part of labor reforms, some substantial gaps remain in the implementation and enforcement of the legal efforts introduced in exchange by the government. The social hierarchy in combination with the Kafala system and the exclusionary citizenship law has led to ...
The kafala system, present in a number of other Arab countries, governs the conditions and processes for employment of foreigners. Under this system, all non-Saudis present in the country for employment purposes must have a sponsor, which is usually arranged months in advance. [ 35 ]
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According to a 2008 Human Rights Watch report, [80] under the kafala system in Saudi Arabia, "an employer assumes responsibility for a hired migrant worker and must grant explicit permission before the worker can enter Saudi Arabia, transfer employment, or leave the country. The kafala system gives the employer immense control over the worker."