Under the Kafala system, foreign workers required a Saudi sponsor who controlled their visa and legal status, and in most ...

Announced in June 2025, the move, part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s Vision 2030 agenda, is set to reshape labour ...

Saudi Arabia has officially abolished its decades-old Kafala (sponsorship) system as part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ...

The Kafala system is a sponsorship framework introduced in the 1950s in Gulf countries, including Saudi Arabia, to regulate ...

Saudi Arabia has officially abolished its decades-old Kafala system, a major reform that promises more freedom and rights for ...

Saudi Arabia has abolished the Kafala system, enhancing the rights of over 10 million migrant workers, including 2.5 million Indians.

Saudi Arabia abolishes its decades-old Kafala system, granting 13 million migrant workers new freedom and stronger labour ...

Saudi Arabia has abolished its decades-old Kafala system, granting migrant workers the freedom to change jobs, travel without ...

The term Kafala, meaning 'sponsorship' in Arabic, came to represent a system across the Gulf under which employers exercised ...

Saudi Arabia has abolished its 50-year-old Kafala system, a historic move which will liberate millions of foreign workers, ...

The abolition of the Kafala system in Saudi Arabia is expected to bring profound and positive changes to the lives of the ...

Landmark labour reform dismantles 50-year-old sponsorship framework, granting mobility and rights to millions of foreign ...