UAE to continue with sponsorship system
The UAE has said it will continue the current system of sponsorship for overseas workers and hopes to transform itself into a knowledge-based economy in the coming years.UAE Labour Minister Saqr Ghobash Saeed Ghobash has supported the sponsorship system, saying that he has not seen a country which did not have a sponsorship system for foreign workers.
Bahrain will abolish the sponsorship system when expatriates will have the right to switch jobs without the permissions of their employers, starting August.