Saudi Arabia has scrapped its decades-old Kafala system, freeing 13 million migrant workers, including 2.6 million Indians, from restrictive employer control and exit visa rules.
The report, based on missions to the region earlier this year, also finds that about half of all Palestinian households are dependent on food assistance from the international community and that their number has increased after the recent worldwide spike in the price of many basic foods. The report, prepared by the International Labour Office -- the Geneva-based ILO secretariat --voices concern over the gap between the hopes and aims of talks between Israelis and Palestinians
"Workers and businesses are facing catastrophe, in both developed and developing economies. We have to move fast, decisively, and together. The right, urgent, measures, could make the difference between survival and collapse," ILO Director-General Guy Ryder said on Tuesday. Worldwide, two billion people work in the informal sector (mostly in emerging and developing economies) and are particularly at risk, the report said, adding that the COVID-19 crisis is already affecting tens of millions of informal workers. "In India, Nigeria and Brazil, the number of workers in the informal economy affected by the lockdown and other containment measures is substantial," ILO said.
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