Kafala system.

Why in news?

• Hosting 2022 Football World Cup, organisers in Qatar are condemned for its treatment of migrant workers.
• Many Middle East Countries, including Qatar, follow Kafala System– a sponsorship system which defines the relationship between migrant workers and their local sponsor or Kafeel.
• Under it, local sponsors get almost total control over migrant workers’ employment and immigration status.
• g. sponsor permission is required to leave or change jobs, enter or exit the host country etc.
• Primarily used to meet cheap labour demand, it is used by them for widespread human rights abuses and exploitation of workers.