Qatar is all set to open shelter and human welfare centre in a bid to provide necessary assistance and protection to victims of human trafficking as well as to help them rehabilitate and integrate into the society.
This came as an announcement made by the Minister of Administrative Development, Labor and Social Affairs His Excellency Dr Issa bin Saad Al Jafali Al Nuaimi on the sidelines of the Filipino community's celebration of the 120th Philippine National Day and the Filipino Migrants Day held in Doha as reported by The Peninsula.
As pointed out by the Minister, the Ministry working on ways of establishing a workers' support fund aimed at settling the worker's financial dues on the decision of the Labor Dispute Settlement Committee.
Further, he said that Qatar has taken a number of measures and integrated laws to protect the rights of workers and to create and provide a healthy and safe working environment.
It may also be mentioned that Qatar has issued a number of laws in favour of workers in the country, including Law No. (1) of 2015, amending certain provisions of the Labor Law, including the introduction of wage protection system, which guarantees the transfer of the workers' wages to their local bank accounts, as well as Law No. (21) of 2015 regulating the entry and exit of expatriates and their residence.
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