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Qatar labour reforms 'not enough'

Qatar has announced modest plans to reform its labour laws for foreign workers, but rights groups said on Wednesday that the measures taken by the 2022 World Cup host are not enough. Foreign workers employed in Qatar, making up ne

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Saving migrant workers from slavery -TripAdvisor-style

A Mexican migrant paid a recruiter thousands of dollars for work in the US, only to endure slavery, time in jail and finally deportation. To make sure others did not fall prey to the same man, the migrant wrote a review of the rec

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Bahrain fares better in this year's Global Slavery Index

Bahrain has fared better than many of its GCC counterparts in a ranking of countries based on the percentage of the population estimated to be in a state of modern day slavery. The Global Slavery Index 2014, released this week by

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Qatar listed fourth on global slavery index

Qatar, host of the 2022 World Cup, has been listed as the fourth worst country by percentage of the population on a new report from The Walk Free Foundation, an Australian-based human rights group. Almost 36 million people are liv

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