Migrant workers in Bahrain describe the foreign workers who have moved to Bahrain for work. Bahrain served as a key location on the maritime routes connecting...
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A migrant worker is a person who migrates within a home country or outside it to pursue work. Migrant workers usually do not have an intention to stay...
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above, had been closed or ordered to close, as was the Bahrain Migrant Workers' Protection Society. In the wake of the 2011 uprising, Physicians for Human...
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Migrant workers in the Gulf Cooperation Council region involves the prevalence of migrant workers in the Kingdom of Bahrain, the State of Kuwait, the...
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contribution of 1%. This makes Bahrain the first of the GCC countries to implement a UI scheme. Bahrainization Migrant workers in Bahrain "World Economic Outlook...
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estimate that around 70,000 migrant workers that live in Bahrain are undocumented. The majority of them are Bangladeshi workers. Although the government...
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The General Federation of Workers Trade Unions in Bahrain(Formerly known as the General Committee for Bahrain Workers) (Arabic: الاتحاد العام لنقابات...
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Bahrainization (category Economy of Bahrain)
participation rate in the workforce than other Gulf countries. Economy of Bahrain Labour Market Regulatory Authority (Bahrain) Migrant workers in Bahrain Gardner...
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sexual abuse. A study by the Bahrain Government's Labor Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) found that 65 percent of migrant workers had not seen their employment...
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slavery existed in Bahrain until the 1930s. Slavery was formally abolished in Bahrain in 1937. Slavery ended earlier in Bahrain than in any other Gulf...
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Women migrant workers from developing countries engage in paid employment in countries where they are not citizens. While women have traditionally been...
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Indonesian migrant workers (Indonesian: Pekerja Migran Indonesia, PMI, formerly known as Tenaga Kerja Indonesia, TKI) are Indonesian citizens who work in countries...
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Foreign workers or guest workers are people who work in a country other than one of which they are a citizen. Some foreign workers use a guest worker program...
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Kafala system (category Migrant workers)
domestic competition for overseas workers in the Arab countries of the Persian Gulf, requires migrant workers to have an in-country sponsor, usually their...
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Migrant domestic workers are (according to the International Labour Organization’s Convention No. 189 and the International Organization for Migration)...
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Islam is the state religion in Bahrain. Due to an influx of immigrants and guest workers from India, the Philippines and Sri Lanka, the overall percentage...
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work at Durrat Al Bahrain". Tradearabia.com. 2008-02-10. Retrieved 2016-03-18. "1,300 migrant workers strike in Bahrain over pay". Migrant Rights. 2008-02-12...
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migrant workers, from the state of Kerala, in Bahrain increased from 1,000 in 1958 to almost 5,000 in 1981. This figure has increased to 101,556 in 2011...
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Bahrain, officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, is an island country in West Asia. Situated on the Persian Gulf, it comprises a small archipelago of 50 natural...
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City of Strangers (book) (redirect from City of Strangers: Gulf Migration and the Indian Community in Bahrain)
Indian workers living in Bahrain. These people are mainly migrant workers and constitute about half of the country. Gardener has also told these workers' personal...
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and Kafala reforms for all workers in 2020. This ended the forced labour scheme in Qatar and improved the migrant workers’ living and work conditions...
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Sacred Heart Church, Manama (redirect from Sacred Heart Church (Manama, Bahrain))
oil reserves, more Catholic migrant workers arrived in Bahrain. To cater to their needs, Saint Barth's Hall was built in 1958 to provide a place for social...
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home. Domestic migrant workers have been estimated to be about 4.2 million - (Domestic workers, not domestic migrant workers). These workers range from full-time...
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in 1970. It is believed that migrant workers in Oman are treated better than in other Arab states of the Persian Gulf. The plight of domestic workers...
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The COVID-19 pandemic in Bahrain was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome...
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in Bahrain are either migrants or descendants of the Philippines living in Bahrain. As of 2012, there are approximately 40,000 of these Filipinos in Bahrain...
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Faisal Fulad (category Human rights abuses in Bahrain)
Fulad, who is also in Geneva, said it was imperative for Bahrain to do more to protect the rights of migrant workers, domestic workers and those facing...
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primarily in construction-related trades such as welding and carpentry. Bahrain was a minor destination for South Korean migrant workers in the late 1970s...
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Demographics of Qatar (redirect from Ethnic groups in Qatar)
and Filipinos are the largest non-South Asian migrant group in Qatar. The treatment of these foreign workers has been heavily criticized with conditions...
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2014, available here; Human Rights Watch, "For a Better Life: Migrant Worker Abuse in Bahrain and the Government Reform Agenda", 30 September 2012, available...
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