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“Under what is known as the Kafala system, a domestic worker cannot change or quit her job, nor leave the country without her sponsor's permission.” That doesn
by cstejerean 7y ago
“Under what is known as the Kafala system, a domestic worker cannot change or quit her job, nor leave the country without her sponsor's permission.”
That doesn’t sound like the a law that is intended to prevent slavery like conditions for domestic workers. And very much encourage abuse in general and confiscating passports specifically (can’t leave the country without the sponsor’s permission sounds like a pretty implied permission to take someone’s passport).
- apta 7y agoIt's not dissimilar from a sponsorship system in the US, where you need your employer to sponsor you so that you work and reside in the country. It is against the law to take someone's passport.