Bahrain to abolish sponsorship system
Bahrain will abolish the sponsorship system when expatriates will have the right to switch jobs without the permissions of their employers, starting August.
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.