Meet LAWAL ISKIL OLAWALE, an Academic Staff of Lagos State University.
International Law/migration And Refugee Studies
Professor
History and International Relations
At the History And International Relations department office
Appointment on Visitation important
| # | Certificate | School | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ph.D (Migration and Refugee Studies) | Political Science, University of Ibadan | 2016 |
The Kafala System in the Gulf Countries, Nigerian Migrant Workers and My Migration Story Network
Many Nigerian migrant workers daily send distress calls through a Non-governmental organisation known as My Migration Story Network (MMSN) to authorities in Nigeria, seeking interventions in disconsolate labour frameworks in most Gulf countries. The regularity of the complaints raises an inquiry into the migrant labour system of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, and it was discovered that these Nigerian migrants are victims of the Kafala labour system in the GCC countries. The kafala system is a labour legal framework that defines the relationship between migrant workers and their employers called the kafeel (sponsor). It gives legal control of migrant workers to their sponsors relating to their employment and immigration status. The operation of the kafala system is not subject to international labour law because it is designed as an immigration policy of the countries where it operates. This work examines the intervention of the MMSN in Nigeria, exposing the ills of the kafala system in the host countries where Nigerians are migrant workers. The MMSN’s basic strategy in achieving its objectives is reporting of cases brought to it to Nigerian migration agencies like the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), States Anti Human Trafficking Commissions, National Refugee Commission, Nigeria Diaspora Commission, etc. The System theory provided the framework for the study, and the research design was exploratory. Data were collected from primary respondents through focus group discussions (FGDs) and in-depth interviews (IDIs) with direct victims of the Kafala system and officials of the MMSN. Secondary data on the kafala system were drawn from libraries and media reports. The research hopes to achieve policy interventions for Nigerian victims of the Kafala system.
LAWAL OLAWALE is a Professor at the Department of History and International Relations
LAWAL has a Ph.D in Migration and Refugee Studies from Political Science, University of Ibadan
