01/09/2020 (Agence Europe) – The spokesperson for the European External Action Service welcomed, on Tuesday 1 September, the legal reforms introduced by Qatar on 30 August, which end the requirement for migrant workers to obtain their employer's permission to change jobs and also introduce a non-discriminatory minimum wage (see EUROPE 12407/31). The salary was set at 1,000 Qatari riyals, or about 230 euros. “Once these reforms enter into force, Qatar will become the first country in the Gulf region to dismantle the kefala (“sponsorship”) system governing the employment of migrant workers, which gives employers excessive control over them” said the spokesman, welcoming the news, adding that the EU strongly supported these labour law reform efforts. (CG)