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Law No. 15 sets provisions around foreign domestic workers regarding recruitment, contracts, medical examination and residence permits.

Law No. 154 amends the 1975 Nationality Law so that children of Egyptian women are given Egyptian citizenship in the same way as children of Egyptian men. Children born before the implementation read more

Law No. 159 on the status of refugees reinforces the national legal framework on asylum and refugee status while also incorporating many important provisions from the 1951 Refugee Convention and read more

Law No. 17 establishes a workers’ support and insurance fund to support, ensure and provide care for workers, by guaranteeing their rights and a healthy and safe working environment, paying read more

Law No. 173 establishes "deposit residency" which grants foreigners who deposit a minimum of 7 million Egyptian pounds in local Egyptian banks a five-year residency permit and the opportunity to read more

Employees are no longer required to provide a no objection certificate in order to change jobs but in tandem with law 18 of 2020.

Law No. 2 concerns the entry, exit and foreign residents in Syria and allows the Department of Migration and Passports to deport foreigners without residence permits and provides for the read more

The 2011 Nationality Code allows both Tunisian men and women to transfer nationality to their children. This legislation has since been replaced by the Tunisian Nationality Code of 2018.

Law No. 21 amends the 1963 Nationality Act and makes important changes around dual citizenship by allowing Bahraini citizens to acquire another nationality with prior approval from the Ministry of read more

Law No. 21 regulates the entry, exit and residency requirements of expatriates, namely migrant workers, in Qatar. This law has since been amended by Law No. 1 of 2017 and Law No. 13 of 2018.

The law stipulates that the employer is committed to pay for the health insurance installments to provide his workers coverage for the necessary basic health care services.  The employer is also read more

Under the amendments, tougher penalties shall be imposed on whoever commits, initiates, or mediates in the crime of smuggling migrants.

Law No. 23, regarding the Health Insurance Scheme for the Emriate of Abu Dhabi, states that every employer is required to provide health insurance coverage for all his employees/workers and their read more

Law No. 26/14 outlines the rights and conditions of asylum for seekers.

Law No.27/14 criminalizes trafficking and clarifies the difference between human trafficking, migrant smuggling and irregular migration.

Law No. 28 provides for the creation of various mechanisms, such as establishing the Higher Committee to Combat Human Trafficking, to combat and limit human trafficking through efforts such as read more

Iraq and the Syrian Arab Republic signed a memorandum of understanding on a mutual exemption of entry visas for holders of diplomatic, service, private and official passports.

Bahrain's Labour Law for the Private Sector secures rights for workers including migrant workers, especially non-national domestic workers.

Law No. 4 regulates entry, exit, residence and sponsorship of migrants.