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Detailed explanation-1: -13. He said a contract-based system to govern the country’s 2.1 million foreign workers would take its place. Under “kafala, ” all foreign workers employed in Qatar require a local sponsor, in the form of an individual or company, and need their permission to switch jobs or leave the country.

Detailed explanation-2: -The kafala, or sponsorship, system defines the relationship between foreign workers and their local sponsor, or kafeel, which is usually their employer. It has been used in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries-Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates-as well as Jordan and Lebanon.

Detailed explanation-3: -“Typically [kafala] means that the worker is entirely dependent on the employer for their entry into the country, their stay in the country, their job-even their exit from the country, ” said Max Tuñón, the head of the International Labour Organization office in Doha, Qatar.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Kafala System is a legal framework that regulates the relationship between foreign employees and employers in Saudi-Arabia and the other Gulf states. It is a sponsorship system between employer and employee that gives the employer extensive rights and opportunities.

Detailed explanation-5: -“Saudi Arabia has announced that it will end its notorious sponsorship or kafala system on March 14. Migrante-Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, together with all OFWs in the country, is glad and jubilant and is celebrating over this historic action, ” Migrante International (MI) said in a statement late on Saturday.