Kuwait to scrap sponsorship system

• Kuwait will scrap its controversial sponsorship system in February, which very much favored employers.
• Under the system, foreigners cannot enter, work in, switch jobs in or leave a Gulf country without the approval of a sponsor who has full control over their movements.
• Bahrain in 2009 became the first Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member to allow foreigners to switch jobs without the approval of their sponsors.
• Foreigners make up around two thirds of Kuwait's total population of 3.3 million people.