UN gives Qatar a year to end forced labour of migrant workers.
Qatar has promised to introduce a new law later this year to end the kafala system under which migrant
workers can only work for their sponsor and have no freedom to change employer or leave the country without their employers approval. Human rights campaigners have complained this allows conditions that amount to
modern-day slavery for many of the migrant worker population of more than 1.5 million in Qatar.
The action comes in response to a complaint from a dozen countries including the UK, France, Pakistan and Canada, that Qatar was failing to observe the UN convention on forced labour.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/24/un-gives-qatar-year-end-forced-labour-migrant-workers Not just Qatar, but all of the Gulf nations are horrible places to work for blue collar expat workers. That's why very few people from the developed world go there, despite of the high salaries. For the female housemaids from South Asia and Southeast Asia, the condition is even worse. On top of the physical abuse, they have to deal with sexual abuse as well.
Thats right. Been there and seen the situation but I think Qatar is quite an open country compared to other mid east country eccept UAE. Qatar has big reserve in gas that can sustain them in the years yo come.