New Internationalist

SPOTLIGHT TSE TSE FLY MIDDLE EAST

When the FIFA World Cup kicks off in Qatar in November 2022, it will be more than the adventures of a soccer ball that the world’s press will be following. Some will be asking awkward questions about the Gulf state’s human-rights record, especially in relation to migrant workers labouring under what’s known as the kafala system.

Kafala (‘sponsorship’ or ‘to take care of’ in Arabic)

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