Migrant Workers

Nepali Migrant Workers
Nepal
World
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Saudi labour scheme for Nepal suspended after backlash over fees

The Saudi programme would have required Nepali workers to pay high fees and undertake a skills requirement test, but was suspended after protests.

Louay Faour
19 June, 2026
Migrant workers Saudi Arabia [Getty]
Migrant Workers
MENA
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Migrant workers behind Riyadh metro subjected to decade of abuse

The New Arab Staff
18 November, 2025
Migrant_workers_in_Jordan
Migrant Workers
Society
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Migrant workers reveal exploitation in Jordan's textile industry

The New Arab Staff

Shurooq Alnsour and Huda Alhanayfah

05 November, 2025
Concerns over Saudi's treatment of migrant workers has intensified due to its preparations for the World Cup in 2034
Saudi Arabia
MENA
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Unions file complaint over Saudi Arabia's migrant worker abuses

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
04 June, 2025
Migrant workers are seen at a construction site near Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on 03 March, 2024.
Migrant Workers
MENA
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Gulf labourers at risk as temperatures soar, warns rights group

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
01 June, 2025
Beirut [Getty]
Lebanon-Israel conflict
MENA
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Bangladeshi worker killed by Israeli air strike in Beirut

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
03 November, 2024
Lebanon_migrants
Lebanon
Society
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Lebanese families abandon their migrant workers amid Israel war

Rodayna Raydan

Rodayna Raydan

08 October, 2024
Kafala-System-Lebanon
Gaza War
Video

Lebanon: Migrant workers struggle to find shelters and safety

The New Arab Staff
04 October, 2024
Kuwait
MENA
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50 dead in Kuwait fire, mostly from India, minister says

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
13 June, 2024
The Red Suitcase
Nepal
Film, TV & Music
Culture
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The Red Suitcase: Inside the exploitation of Nepalese labour

Davide

Davide Abbatescianni

10 November, 2023
Shadow of the Sun
Kuwait
Book Club
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Inside the nightmare of Kuwait's sun-trapped migrant workers

Noshin Bokth

Noshin Bokth

08 November, 2023
Saudi Arabia
MENA
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Amazon migrant workers 'lied to, exploited' in Saudi Arabia

The New Arab Staff
10 October, 2023
Media of the Massess: Cassette Culture in Modern Egypt
Egypt
Book Club
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Media of the Masses: Cassette culture in Modern Egypt

Ramona Wadi

Ramona Wadi

21 December, 2022
The report alleged that Qatar stadium workers had been exploited and mistreated [Getty]
Qatar
MENA
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Qatar denies accusations of worker abuse ahead of World Cup

The New Arab Staff
12 November, 2022
Pope Francis
MENA
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Pope holds open-air mass for 30,000 Catholics in Bahrain

The New Arab Staff
05 November, 2022
Ali bin Samikh Al Marri accused Qatar's detractors of 'racism' [Getty]
Qatar
MENA
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Qatar rejects calls for migrant worker fund

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
04 November, 2022
Pope Francis's trip to Bahrain is aimed at fostering links with the Muslim world [Getty]
Bahrain
MENA
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Pope urges respect for human rights during Gulf trip

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
03 November, 2022
2022 FIFA World Cup
Perspectives

UK press coverage of Qatar 2022: Hypocrisy and orientalism

Marc Owen Jones

Marc Owen Jones

01 November, 2022
Denmark
Qatar 2022 World Cup
Voices

Denmark's concerns over Qatar's human rights is hypocritical

sam hamad

Sam Hamad

05 October, 2022
Kafala workers
Lebanon
Society
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Lebanon's kafala workers are being deprived of the internet

Lucy Rafaela

Lucy Rafaela Farha

04 October, 2022
AFP Lebanon kafala system
Lebanon
MENA
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18 women migrant workers died 'mysteriously' in Lebanon: NGO

The New Arab Staff
15 April, 2022