Across the six Gulf countries – Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE – migrant workers, who represent 10% migrants globally and up to 90% of the manual labour force in the Gulf countries, suffer abuse and labour exploitation in a climate of near impunity.Between January 2016 and December 2019, the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre tracked a total of 103 allegations of labour abuse, including 16 cases where at least 31 workers died on site or in labour accommodation, most often allegedly as a result of unsafe working conditions.The allegations recorded affected at least46,000 workers.

Six percent of allegations were related to modern slavery, forced labor, and human trafficking.

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