The kafala system (also spelled "kefala system"; Arabic: نظام الكفالة, romanized: niẓām al-kafāla; meaning "sponsorship system") is a system that exists...

Slavery of people from Africa and East Asia was succeeded by the modern Kafala system of poor workers from the same region where slaves had previously been...

Slavery of people from Africa and East Asia was succeeded by the modern Kafala system of poor workers from the same region where slaves had previously been...

of the former slaves. Chattel slavery was succeeded by the Kafala system. The kafala system has been abolished in Qatar since December 2016. However, concerns...

slaves. When chattel slavery was abolished, it was replaced by the Kafala system, which has been described as a modern form of slavery. During the Omani...

descendants of the former slaves. In contemporary Saudi Arabia, the kafala system, in which foreign workers are tied to a single employer for the duration...

The kafala system, present in a number of other Arab countries, governs the conditions and processes for employment of foreigners. Under this system, all...

contract without the need for their former employer's approval. The kafala system in Saudi Arabia previously tied workers to their employers, or sponsors...

Many of these migrants were brought into the GCC under the kafala system, a sponsor-based system used in the GCC, which is seen by many human rights groups...

Slavery of people from Africa and East Asia was succeeded by the modern Kafala system of poor workers from the same region were slaves had previously been...