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Approval of Draft Legislation: Revisions to Law No. 25/2003 Law Against Trafficking in Persons The draft legislation for revisions to the 2003 Law Against Trafficking in Persons on the prevention and suppression of trafficking in persons and the protection of victims was approved by the read more Mauritania Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling Prevention and Awareness Campaigns
2000 Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime

The ratification of this protocol is intended to prevent and combat trafficking in persons and facilitate international cooperation against it. The Protocol also highlights the problems associated read more

Comoros Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling Prevention and Awareness Campaigns
Ministerial Decision 169/2020 Determining the Percentage of the National Workforce in Private Sector Establishments Operating in the Mining Sector

The percentage of the national workforce in the private sector establishments working in the mining sector is determined by the ministerial decision according to a schedule that progresses yearly read more

Oman Labour Migration Labour Force Nationalization
Ministerial Decision 168/2020 Determining the Percentage of the National Workforce in Private Sector Establishments Operating in the Fisheries Sector

The percentage of the national workforce in the private sector establishments working in the fisheries sector is determined by the ministerial decision according to a schedule that progresses read more

Oman Labour Migration Labour Force Nationalization
Regulation No. 63 of 2020

This Regulation is to organize offices operating in the recruitment of non-Jordanian domestic workers, issued in accordance with Article 10 of Labour Law No. 8 of 1996

Jordan Labour Migration Regulation of Domestic Work
Regulation No. 64 of 2020

This Regulation is to organize the regulation of domestic workers including chefs, and gardeners .

Jordan Labour Migration Regulation of Domestic Work
Reception of some transactions at the Public Relations Department

This announcement by the General Directorate of the General Security is to inform Arab and foreign citizens, that requests for friendship visit visas and the overall characteristics of all tourist read more

Lebanon Admissions, Visas and Residency Permits Entry, exit and residency permits
Royal Decree 63/2020 Ratifying the Agreement between the Sultanate of Oman and the Slovak Republic for the avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income

Oman and Slovakia signed an agreement that will allow residents of either or both countries to not pay double tax with regards to income by allowing deductions from one’s payable tax. The read more

Oman Labour Migration Institutional Developments
Amending Instructions for non-Jordanian Domestic Workers Instructions and similar workers in the Aqaba Economic Zone for the year 2020

The Board of Commissioners approved the amendments regarding Resolution (194) on non-Jordanian domestic workers in the Aqaba Special Economic Zone. The amendments include additions to some read more

Jordan Labour Migration Regulation of Domestic Work
Ministerial Decision 292/2020 Issuing the Executive Regulation of the Law on the Prohibition of the Ownership of Land and Real Estate by Non-Omanis in Certain Places

The ministerial decision states that land and real estate that non-Omanis are prohibited from owning in the Sultanate must be specified as follows: Agricultural lands in all provinces; or Other read more

Oman Access to Economic and Social Services and Rights Access to Housing
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
Memorandum of Understanding between Libya and Malta

Malta and Libya have signed an MoU, valid for three years with an option to extend for an additional year, that sets up coordination centres, one in Malta and one in Libya, funded by Malta to read more

Libya Irregular Migration Border Control
Ministerial Decision 157/2020 Amending Some Provisions of the Executive Regulation of the Foreigners Residency Law

Ministerial Decision 157/2020 amends Article 24 of the Executive Regulations of the Foreigners’ Residence Act in which it states: “A foreigner’s residence permit may be transferred from one read more

Oman Labour Migration Labour Force Nationalization
Minister of Immigration has directed to take preventive measures to limit the spread of the virus The Ministry of Immigration revealed that a displaced person in Jam Mashkou camp in Dohuk governorate was infected, and the Minister of Immigration has directed to take preventive measures to limit read more Iraq Access to Economic and Social Services and Rights
Law No. 5-20 on the prevention and combatting of discrimination and hate speech

The law aims at preventing and combatting discrimination and hate speech. Specifically, it aims at combatting all forms of expression that are disseminated or encouraged that justify read more

Algeria Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration GCM Implementation
Aide-covid19 website for foreigners stranded due to the coronavirus situation

The Tunisian ministry for human rights, relations with constitutional bodies and civil society launched an online platform (www.aide-covid19.tn) for foreigners stranded in Tunisia due to the read more

Tunisia Access to Economic and Social Services and Rights Access to administrative procedures and documentation
100 Million Meal Campaign

The “100 Million Meal Campaign,” a food distribution campaign, was launched to support labourers and vulnerable families adversely affected by the pandemic during the holy month of Ramadan by read more

United Arab Emirates Labour Migration Support and protection of migrant workers and their rights
Memo 1/30 Related to lab tests for foreign employees This Memo of the Ministry of Labour announces that lab tests that were taken in private labs and hospitals are accepted starting from the date of the Memo adoption till the date of 30/06/2020. Lebanon Labour Migration Work Permits
Generalization 1/29 This Generalization by the Ministry of Labour is to warn Lebanese households from sharing ads/announcements of their domestic workers on social media, stating that such an act is illegal and it is read more Lebanon Labour Migration Recruitment of Migrant Workers
Moratorium on evictions of IDPs

The National Commission for Refugees and IDPs has called for a nationwide moratorium on the eviction of IDPs to prevent a further spread of the COVID-19 virus. The moratorium appeal is in place read more

Somalia Forced displacement and refugee protection Refugee Return and Readmission