Qatar to open free legal aid center for low-income workers
Qatar to open free legal aid center for low-income workers Help is on the way for workers in Qatar with complaints against their employers or who are involved in legal…
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Qatar establishes appeals process for deportees
Expats who have been issued deportation orders by Qatar’s courts will now have an opportunity to appeal the decision, the government official has said. The procedure will be done through…
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Saudi bans Filipino, Indonesian maids
Saudi bans Filipino, Indonesian maids The National reports: Saudi Arabia’s Labour Ministry said the kingdom would no longer issue work permits for domestic workers from Indonesia and the Philippines after…
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US ambassador lauds Qatar’s anti-human trafficking moves
Following the release of the US State Department’s 2011 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, Joseph LeBaron, the US ambassador to Qatar, has highlighted positive steps taken by the Gulf state…
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Qatar advances plans to move laborers out of town
Qatar’s Ministry of Municipality has issued a new ultimatum to companies whose workers still live in residential areas following a Nov. 1 ban ordering them to move out of those areas.…
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Dohanews is traveling…
We are traveling today, so tweeting/posting will be spotty. But this is a great time to discuss exit permits! I almost forgot to request mine, despite four years of living…
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Survey: Employers continue to flout labor laws in Qatar
Despite efforts to improve the plight of Qatar’s migrant labor population, the treatment of many workers continues to be dismal, according to a new report. In a survey of 854…
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Qatar to cast wider net for domestic workers
Qatar to cast wider net for domestic workers Citing skyrocketing costs, Qatar plans to bring in more domestic workers by tapping manpower agencies in nine new countries. The countries include…
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Qatar community debates law to extend detention without trial
Columnists and netizens are weighing in on a proposed law to extend detention without trial in Qatar to three years. The existing law allows for two weeks of detention without…
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