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Saudi Arabia has scrapped its 75-year-old kafala sponsorship system and introduced a new Unified Employment Contract under Vision 2030. Yet, for millions of low-wage migrants, including 2.6 million Indians, freedom on paper hasn’t yet reached life on the ground
Just days ago, a short video surfaced on social media showing a man speaking in Bhojpuri, a camel and a wide stretch of desert behind him. In the clip, he pleads for help, saying he is being held against his will in
Saudi Arabia
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“My village is in Allahabad… I came to Saudi Arabia. Kapil has my passport. I told him I need to go home, but he is threatening to kill me. I want to meet my mother. Please help or else I will die here,” he says.
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