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Qatar urged to abolish sponsorship system
- Qatar: Sunday, February 10 - 2013 at 05:06
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged Qatar to set out a timetable as soon as 'practically possible' to abolish the sponsorship system and militate against the serious threat of trafficking and forced labour, Gulf Times has reported. "We understand change cannot be brought forth overnight in a country with over a million migrant workers," HRW deputy executive director, Jan Egeland, told the daily. HRW also said that migrant workers reported "extensive violations of labour law" in Qatar. "Common complaints included late or unpaid wages. Some lived in overcrowded and unsanitary labour camps, with no access to potable water, were not properly ventilated, and not furnished with functioning air-condition units," said Nicholas McGeehan, a Middle East researcher with HRW.
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