Arab Gulf States : recruitment of Asian workers

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dc.contributor.authorJUREIDINI, Ray
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-15T15:28:38Z
dc.date.available2014-07-15T15:28:38Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.descriptionGLMM - Gulf Labour Markets and Migration
dc.description.abstractThis paper addresses a neglected area in studies of migrant labor in the Gulf States showing that exploitation of migrant workers occurs before deployment. Evidence from interviews conducted in the five major labour sending countries to Qatar (Philippines, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and India) suggests that the recruitment procedures and corrupt practices by recruitment agencies and employing company personnel in the receiving country place unskilled workers in a highly vulnerable position prior to departure from their home countries. As a consequence of practices such as deception, false promises, substitute contracts, bribery, and extortion, there is evidence of debt bondage, forced labor, and trafficking within the normative framework of labor migration. Reform measures that are currently underway in Qatar include the banning of workers paying recruitment fees and charges to agents.
dc.description.sponsorshipThe GLMM programme is conducted by the Gulf Research Centre (GRC) and the Migration Policy Centre (MPC) and financed by the Open Society Foundations (OSF).
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1814/32149
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesGLMMen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesExplanatory noteen
dc.relation.ispartofseries3/2014en
dc.relation.ispartofseriesMigration Policy Centreen
dc.relation.urihttp://gulfmigration.eu/
dc.relation.urihttp://www.migrationpolicycentre.eu
dc.relation.urihttp://www.grc.net/
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen
dc.subjectForeign labour
dc.subjectHuman rights
dc.subjectLabour market
dc.subjectLabour rights
dc.subjectLaws & regulations
dc.subjectLow-skilled labour
dc.subjectQatar
dc.subjectRecruitment
dc.subjectTrafficking
dc.subjectUnskilled labour
dc.subjectVisas & fees
dc.titleArab Gulf States : recruitment of Asian workers
dc.typeTechnical Report
dspace.entity.typePublication
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