Government efforts carried for over a decade has introduced major labour reforms, through key amendments on rule and regulation and laws governing the relations between workers and employers. Thus Qatar has marked a new era for labours establishing a system that protect workers’ rights.
The government of Qatar has taken many serious measures to address labour issues, combat human trafficking and protect human rights, including the removal of the need for exit permit for expatriate workers, the promotion of fair recruitment, establishment of Qatar visa centers, new laws to protect domestic workers, the establishment of joint committees and applied strict monitoring system to ensure compliance to the rules.
Qatar has also established committee for combating human trafficking and set up a shelter that provides assistance - legal, financial, temporary employment and moral support - to the victims of human trafficking.
Efforts in this regards are ongoing to ensure these reforms are fully implemented, a fact confirmed by the efforts being made at all levels, such as the reopening of the Humanitarian Care Home after it has been rehabilitated and became operational.
During the reopening of the center, the Minister of Labour H E Dr. Ali bin Smaikh Al Marri emphasized that combating trafficking in persons and the provision of the essential protection for labourers are on top priorities of the State of Qatar.
This importance, which Qatar attaches to the issue of combating human trafficking, stems from its firm belief that Human trafficking is a serious breach of basic human rights, human dignity, security and freedom, and all in all contradicts human value, religious principles, ethics and at the end it is criminal act.
The Minister pointed out that the reopening of the center comes within the cooperation and integration with various concerned authorities in the provision of protection to workers, pointing out that it is essential to continue the efforts in affording the required assistance and protection to the victims of human trafficking and work to rehabilitate and integrate them in the community.
The “Humanitarian Care Home” was inaugurated by the by National Committee to Combat Human Trafficking (NCCHT) in 2019, in Al Maamoura and comprises six villas with the capacity to accommodate 52 persons each.
The Humanitarian Care Home was established in order to provide shelter, assistance and protection to victims of trafficking in persons, rehabilitating and integrating them into society, and help them to get job or stay until they departure to home country is ensured.
