The US-Qatar Business Council has noted that “the Qatari government is the only government in the region that has acknowledged shortcomings in the treatment of migrant workers in the country and has committed itself to making major reforms.
“In the process, the Qatari government and private institutions have welcomed the assistance of many non-governmental humanitarian organisations, especially Amnesty International, in finding solutions.”
From the US-Qatar Business Council’s viewpoint, “the problems in Qatar, as in other regional states, have a long history and their solution requires a massive restructuring of seven decades of legislation and an even longer period of practices that began as an attempt to protect local businesses when these economies were in their infancy.
“Reforms have begun, as the report notes, but we believe the report indicates an understandable impatience on the part of Amnesty International. Moreover, fairness and objectivity require that the Qatari commentary be considered alongside the report,” US-Qatar Business Council said.


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