Kuwait should require foreigners working in the private sector before leaving the country, reported the authorities on Wednesday and add further restrictions on workers bound by the Kafala sponsorship system.
Groups for human rights have long criticized the Kafala system, which in the Persian Gulf rich in oil is widely prevailing and connecting visas of migrating workers to their employers, which often prevents them from changing jobs or sometimes leaving the country.
The first Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Fahad Yousef issued a ministerial circular “requiring the employees in the private sector to obtain a“ departure permit ”from their registered employer before leaving the country,” the public authority said in a statement on their X account.
The aim of the procedure that can be performed online is to “strengthen the supervision of compatriots and to ensure a balance between the rights of workers and employers,” he added.
The new requirement will take effect from 1 July.
Saudi Arabia has similar restrictions for expatrient workers who are obliged to obtain permission from termination and re -entry from their sponsor to leave and re -enter the country.
Starting in 2017, Qatar performed a number of reforms on his job regulations after he was selected for the World Cup 2022.
In 2018, Doha began to allow most foreigners to leave the country without the permission of their employer AO two years later to expand the new advance to domestic employees.
In the United Arab Emirates, employers do not have the right to entertain employees’ passports or prevent them from leaving the country.
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