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Covid-19 Impact on GCC Labour Market
The bonding of employers and migrant workers in the Middle East is governed by a discriminatory and abusive system of sponsorship that ties a worker’s residency status to his or her employer. For their quality of life and housing, migrants depend entirely on their employer. They have always been undervalued and unnoticed in their contributions to the economy of their country and destination countries. Shortly after the outbreak, lock-downs and forced repatriation brought not only market imbalances, but also fear and loss of jobs among migrants. In addition, countries with greater dependence on migrant workers have shown insufficient defense against job cessation, resulting in far greater initial job losses and repatriation. While repatriation sho
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