"Bahrain: Bill to restrict sponsorship transfer based on faulty information," 12 Nov 2019

Five Bahraini MPs have recently drafted a new legislative bill that would require migrants to work for three years with their original sponsor before they can transfer to another sponsor...

The five MPs claim the current law is biased in favour of migrant workers... [and] that an increasing number of migrant workers are moving to new companies upon completing one year of employment...

Contrary to the MP’s claims, very few migrants actually transfer sponsorship without the consent of their employer...

Restrictive labour mobility regimes allow employers to more easily exploit migrant workers and keep wages low.