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Workers' Day in Lebanon Targets 'Kefala' System

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

The sponsorship system for foreign workers is like modern-day slavery, particularly for the 200,000 female domestic workers in Lebanon, say critics. They want to stop employers from seizing passports and operating outside the labor laws.

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