The states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Oman and Qatar) form the largest destination for labour migration in the global South. In all of these states, however, the majority of the working population is composed of temporary, migrant...

Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Aknowledgement -- About FSS -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Boxes -- List of Acronyms -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Objectives of the research -- 1.2 Methodology and methods of data collection -- 2 International Migration,...

In City of Strangers, Andrew M. Gardner explores the everyday experiences of workers from India who have migrated to the Bahrain and the sponsorship system, the kafala, under which they labor and upon which they depend for continued employment.