Qatar Has NOT Abolished Kafala
News published in numerous publications around the world over the past week, describing how Qatar has abolished the extremely restrictive Kafala system, is NOT true. Read this blog post to find out why.
Kantipur FM Commentary: The Price Unskilled Laborers Pay…
The plight of Nepalese migrant workers as discovered in 1998 and commented on in my radio show I used to host on Kantipur FM.
‘This company doesn’t consider a human being a human being’
The music video of a Nepalese song featuring the interview of a migrant worker brought back memories of my trip to Janakpur with my mate Pete, a journalist for the Guardian. The video was produced by Pete and I had been involved in the interview. The reason so many Madhesis go abroad and are protesting is partly because they have very few opportunities. Hence the large migration of the Madhesis abroad.
Bound to Kafala
Compassionate leave could mean so much to a population otherwise so subjugated.