Duterte urges abolition of ‘unjust, exploitative’ kafala system By LLANESCA T. PANTI, GMA News Published April 20, 2021 7:38pm President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday called for the abolition of the kafala system - a scheme that allows employers in Middle Eastern countries to control the employment and migration status of foreign workers they employ. The President made the appeal during the Virtual Forum on Labor Mobility and Human Rights organized by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development, and the I...