Qatar abolishes controversial 'kafala' labour system

Qatar is ending its labour sponsorship system that forces foreign workers to seek their employer's permission to change jobs or leave the country.
 
It says a new contract-based law will replace the "kafala" system, ensuring greater flexibility and protection.
 
Human rights groups say the change leaves the system, which they describe as modern-day slavery, intact.
 
Qatar has imported hundreds of thousands of construction workers for the 2022 football World Cup.
  
Rights groups say many of them have died because of appalling working conditions.

SOURCE: BBC NEWS