Title Sort descending | Body | Countries | Thematic Areas | Sub-themes | Date | |
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Decree No. 14 of 2015 ratifying an agreement between the Government of the State of Qatar and the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Albania regulating the employment of Albanian workers from the Republic of Albania in the State of Qatar | This MOU is to regulate the employment of Albanians in Qatar. |
Qatar | International Cooperation on Migration and Displacement | International Legal Instruments | ||
Decree No. 16 of 2005 | Decree No. 16 regulates medical care for workers in facilities. |
Qatar | Labour Migration | Updating Labour Laws to Include Labour Migration | ||
Decree No. 18 of 2005 | Decree No. 18 regulates handling and reporting work injuries and occupational disease. |
Qatar | Labour Migration | Updating Labour Laws to Include Labour Migration | ||
Decree No. 1930 | Under Decree No. 1930, the Tunisian Government establishes the National Migration Observatory which acts as a research and coordination body on issues affecting the Tunisian community abroad and read more |
Tunisia | Expatriate/diaspora engagement and remittances | Expatriate/Diaspora Engagement and Investment | ||
Decree No. 2-17-740 | Decree No. 2-17-740 establishes the formation and operating procedures of the National Commission for the Coordination of Measures to Combat and Prevent Human Trafficking, an inter-ministerial read more |
Morocco | Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling | Institutional Developments | ||
Decree No. 2017-1061 | Decree No. 1061 waived the fine for overstaying visas, which was 20 Tunisian dinars for every week of irregular overstay in the country with no capping of fees, for vulnerable migrants including read more |
Tunisia | Irregular Migration | Regularization | ||
Decree No. 2019-279 / PR / MI establishing a National Coordination Office for Migration | The National Coordination Office for Migration is created within the Ministry of the Interior to ensure the national coordination of activities related to migration. The National Coordinator will be read more | Djibouti | Irregular Migration | Institutional Developments | ||
Decree No. 24 of 1976 | Decree No. 24 provides a framework for social insurance for both nationals and non-nationals, states the employer is required to display in a prominent location at the workplace and an read more |
Bahrain | Access to Economic and Social Services and Rights | Portability of Social Security Entitlements and Earned Benefits | ||
Decree No. 27 of 2021 on Rules and Procedures for Granting Work Permits | 56 provisions to regulate the registration, renewal, and cancelation of work permits in Kuwait. Inlcudes ban on employers in the private sector and oil sector from withholding the passports of read more |
Kuwait | Labour Migration | Reforms to the Kafala System, Work Permits | ||
Decree No. 36 of 2015 | Decree Law No. 36 stipulates that anyone who withdraws or loses Bahraini nationality or naturalizes of a foreign nationality without permission is no longer eligible for retirement rights and read more |
Bahrain | Nationality and Statelessness | Access to Citizenship | ||
Decree No. 634 | Decree No. 634 created the State Secretariat for Immigration and Tunisians Living Abroad which, in addition to the longstanding Office of Tunisians Abroad, now oversees and coordinates government read more |
Tunisia | Expatriate/diaspora engagement and remittances | Political Participation of Expatriates | ||
Decree No. 765 of 2015 | Decree No. 765 outlines the rules and conditions for the termination of employment relations, defines ways in which fixed-term and unlimited contracts can be terminated, and lists conditions that read more |
United Arab Emirates | Labour Migration | Recruitment of Migrant Workers | ||
Decree No. 766 of 2015 | Decree No. 766 outlines the rules and conditions for granting work permits to migrants who are changing employers, thus allowing free internal labour market mobility. |
United Arab Emirates | Labour Migration | Recruitment of Migrant Workers | ||
Decree regarding residence permits of widows and divorced women | The decree extends residence permits of non-Emirati widows and divorced women and their children for one year from the death of the Emirati spouse or the divorce without needing a sponsor. |
United Arab Emirates | Admissions, Visas and Residency Permits | Entry, exit and residency permits | ||
Departure of the Syrians who are in Lebanon, legally or illegally | This is an announcement from the General Directorate of the General Security informing Syrian nationals who are in Lebanon legally or illegally that they can leave for Syria, provided that they read more |
Lebanon | Admissions, Visas and Residency Permits | Entry, exit and residency permits | ||
Director General of the Public Authority for Manpower administrative decision (156/2022) | The new decision removes restrictions on the provision of health insurance to expatriates over 60 of the listed companies. |
Kuwait | Access to Economic and Social Services and Rights | Access to Healthcare | ||
E-Contract Multilingual System | The Ministry of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs launched on 01 June 2020 the e-contract multilingual system, which serves to electronically authenticates contracts of employment read more | Qatar | Labour Migration | Recruitment of Migrant Workers | ||
Early Leave Initiative | The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MOHRE) launched the “Early Leave” initiative in coordination with the Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship, the Ministry of Foreign read more |
United Arab Emirates | Labour Migration | Support and protection of migrant workers and their rights | ||
Egypt's Constitution of 2012 | Article 57 enshrines the principle of nonrefoulement and guarantees the provision of protection to refugees and asylum-seekers. |
Egypt | Forced displacement and refugee protection | Access to asylum, Refugee Status and Residency | ||
Egypt's Constitution of 2014 | Article 91 enshrines the principle of nonrefoulement and guarantees the provision of protection to refugees and asylum-seekers. Article 88 stipulates that the State shall safeguard the interests read more |
Egypt | Forced displacement and refugee protection | Access to asylum, Refugee Status and Residency |