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Aug 5, 2024 | migrant-rights.org | Vani Saraswathi

Kuwait’s Interior Ministry (MOI) has recently revised its family visa sponsorship regulations, removing the requirement for migrants to have a university degree to sponsor their spouses and children. In January this year, the MOI fully resumed family (dependent) visas for migrant residents after putting them on hold following the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the Ministry required migrants to hold a university degree to sponsor their families.

Jun 9, 2024 | migrant-rights.org | Vani Saraswathi

You have reached the main contentThe Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) has filed two complaints against Saudi Arabia with the International Labour Organisation (ILO), emphasising the widespread human rights abuse of migrant workers in the Kingdom, including forced labour. The cases highlighted involve over 20,000 construction workers who are victims of wage theft and other labour abuses.

Jun 4, 2024 | migrant-rights.org | Pramod Acharya

Ramesh Yadav had never experienced extreme heat until he arrived in Saudi Arabia. He struggles to breathe, he says, while working under the scorching sun in the Jua’ymah gas processing plant in Ras Tanura. At work, he drinks a lot of water to keep hydrated. Fear looms over him when he sees his coworkers collapsing due to heat exhaustion on the staggeringly hot and unstirring summer days. “Workers faint. Frequently. I get scared. But what can I do?

May 8, 2024 | migrant-rights.org | Vani Saraswathi

You have reached the main contentBahrain’s fishing sector relies heavily on migrant workers, though only Bahraini nationals can hold fishing permits. Bahraini permit holders sponsor the migrant fishermen and provide them with vessels and fishing equipment. Workers typically either receive a share of their catch, split earnings with their sponsor, or pay sponsors a fixed sum monthly from fish sales and keep whatever they earn beyond breaking even.

Apr 17, 2024 | migrant-rights.org | Pramod Acharya

Starting next year, employer-provided health insurance coverage will be mandatory for all private-sector and domestic workers across the UAE, following a nationwide health insurance mandate ratified by the Emirati cabinet. While specific details of the new ruling have not yet been released, news reports indicate that employers in all Emirates will be required to cover the cost of health insurance for workers when their residency permits are issued or renewed.