Title | Body | Countries | Thematic Areas | Sub-themes | Date | |
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Decision No. 270 of 2018 Issuing the Organizational Code Relevant to Reporting Non-Omani Manpower Leaving Work | Decision No. 270 is regarding procedures, requirements and consequences of foreign workers leaving work. |
Oman | Labour Migration | Recruitment of Migrant Workers | ||
Law No. 173 of 2018 | 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 |
Egypt | Nationality and Statelessness | Access to Citizenship | ||
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 | ||
Decision No. 23 of 2018 Issuing the Health Insurance Law | Decision No. 23 defines the scope of application of health insurance law as all citizens, residents, and visitors. Provisions for migrant workers are included in Article 28 requiring the employer read more |
Bahrain | Access to Economic and Social Services and Rights | Access to Healthcare | ||
Decision No. 39 of 2018 of the Minister of Administrative Development , Labour and Social Affairs | Decision No. 39 establishes a three-month probation period for domestic workers. |
Qatar | Labour Migration | Regulation of Domestic Work | ||
Law No. 11 of 2018 regulating political asylum | Articles 4 and 7 of Law No. (11) of 2018 on Regulating Political Asylum stipulate that the Minister of Interior establish a Committee for Political Asylee Affairs with members from the Interior, read more |
Qatar | Forced displacement and refugee protection | Access to asylum, Refugee Status and Residency | ||
Agreement on Employment of Domestic Workers between the Philippines and Kuwait | Kuwait and the Philippines signed a MOU to regulate the working conditions of migrant domestic workers in Kuwait guaranteeing rights of domestic workers to address allegations of abusive working read more |
Kuwait | International Cooperation on Migration and Displacement | Regulation of Domestic Work | ||
Jordan Response Plan (JRP) for the Syria Crisis 2018-2020 | The Response Plan seeks to address the needs of Syrian refugees and Jordanian host communities affected by the crisis by adopting a resilience-based approach that combines short-term humanitarian read more |
Jordan | Forced displacement and refugee protection | Access to asylum, Refugee Status and Residency | ||
2018 Amendment to the Sudanese Nationality Act | The 2018 amendments to the Nationality Act allow Sudanese women to pass on their nationality to their children if the father is from South Sudan. |
Sudan | Nationality and Statelessness | Women’s rights regarding nationality | ||
Presidential Decree No. 18-49 | Algeria ratified a MOU with Mali on labour, employment and social security, including provisions for the protection of migrant workers and the dissemination of information about their rights. |
Algeria | International Cooperation on Migration and Displacement | Support and protection of migrant workers and their rights | ||
Ministerial Decision No. 31 of 2018 | Ministerial Decision No. 31 establishes a new system for part-time contracts for migrant workers. |
United Arab Emirates | Labour Migration | Recruitment of Migrant Workers | ||
Interior Minister Order No. 8 of 2018 | Interior Minister Order No. 8 amended decree No. 121 of 2007 to increase the monthly salary required for foreigners to request entry visas and resident permits for family members from 250 Bahraini read more |
Bahrain | Admissions, Visas and Residency Permits | Entry, exit and residency permits | ||
Law No. 1 of 2018 on Combating Human Trafficking | Law No. 1 defines human trafficking, outlines criminal proceedings and punishment for those violating the law, and includes provisions for the protection of victims. |
Yemen | Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling | Protection and Assistance to Victims | ||
Memorandum of Understanding between UAE and Thailand on human trafficking | 1. Agreement with Thailand to promote cooperation on combatting human trafficking; 2. Agreement with Thailand to combat trafficking in persons | United Arab Emirates | International Cooperation on Migration and Displacement | |||
Decree 2017-409/PR/MI | Decree 409/PR/MI is part of a set of refugee laws passed in 2017 that streamlines the procedures to determine refugee status to help facilitate refugees' access to health care, education and read more |
Djibouti | Forced displacement and refugee protection | Access to asylum, Refugee Status and Residency | ||
Decree 2017-410/PR/MI | Decree 410/PR/MI is the second of a set of refugee laws passed in 2017 and determines the fundamental rights of refugee and asylum seekers, facilitating refugees' access to health care, education read more |
Djibouti | Forced displacement and refugee protection | Access to asylum, Refugee Status and Residency | ||
Law No. 30 of 2017 approving the Memorandum of Understanding signed with Iraq on the mutual exemption from entry visas for holders of diplomatic, service, special and mission passports | 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. |
Syrian Arab Republic | International Cooperation on Migration and Displacement | Entry, exit and residency permits | ||
Act No. 76 of 2017: The Foreigners Residency Act | The Foreigners Residency Act replaces the Expats Residence Law No. 36 of 1961 as well as annulling Article 202 of the 2001 legislation that stipulated equal rights of Palestinians and Iraqis to read more |
Iraq | Admissions, Visas and Residency Permits | Entry, exit and residency permits | ||
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 | ||
Federal Law No. 10 of 2017 | Federal Law No. 10 introduces measures for the protection of domestic workers such as outlining the role of recruitment agencies, setting standards for labour contracts, employer and employee read more |
United Arab Emirates | Labour Migration | Standardization of Labour Contracts |