This month, Saudi Arabia announced that it had abolished the controversial 50-year-old Kafala labor sponsorship system. This system is viewed as "modern-day slavery" and gives employers, known as ...

File photo of migrant workers gathered over a salary issue in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The Kingdom ended its 50-year long Kafala system, in a landmark labour reform. The move is set to benefit migrants, ...

Saudi Arabia has officially abolished its decades-old Kafala system, a labour sponsorship model that long governed the lives of millions of migrant workers. The landmark decision, announced in June ...

In a historic labor reform, Saudi Arabia has abolished its decades-old Kafala system, which linked the employment and residency of workers to their employers. The move was announced in June 2025 as ...

Saudi Arabia has abolished the Kafala system, enhancing the rights of over 10 million migrant workers, including 2.5 million Indians. In a landmark labour reform, Saudi Arabia has officially scrapped ...

In a historic move, Saudi Arabia has officially abolished its decades-old Kafala system, ending a controversial sponsorship framework that governed the lives of millions of migrant workers for more ...

For more than seven decades, the Kafala system governed the lives of migrant workers in Saudi Arabia, often in silence, often in suffering. From the moment a worker stepped onto Saudi soil, their life ...

Saudi Arabia has scrapped its decades-old Kafala system, a work sponsorship that was often unfair, freeing 13 million migrant workers, including 2.6 million Indians, from restrictive employer control ...

Saudi Arabia has officially ended its Kafala labour sponsorship system, freeing 13 million migrant workers - including 2.5 million Indians, from decades of employer control. The reform, part of Vision ...

In a landmark decision, Saudi Arabia has officially abolished its decades-old Kafala system, a controversial labour sponsorship framework that shaped the lives of millions of migrant workers for more ...

Saudi Arabia has scrapped its 75-year-old kafala sponsorship system and introduced a new Unified Employment Contract under Vision 2030. Yet, for millions of low-wage migrants, including 2.6 million ...