The Indian community is living well in Bahrain, said India's Ambassador to Manama Alok Kumar, adding that the country's leaders are behind the guarantee of this standard of living.

Qatar plans to establish an insurance fund for foreign workers, the state-run Qatar News Agency said.

A report said that the Middle-East countries have the highest number of Indian prisoners in foreign jails, according to data shared by the external affairs ministry.

Bahraini Interior Minister Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa issued a decree replacing Article 4 of 2007 Decree on granting of residence permit to foreigners under personal sponsorship.

Al-Ayyam local newspaper said that according to information there are currently 16 cases concerning the exploitation of female domestic workers.

An official study received by the service committee in the House of Representatives revealed that the number of illegal foreign workers who were deported between 2013 to March 2018 was 5679.

Statistics revealed that the number of Indians living in Bahrain is 350 thousand versus 325 thousand in the UK.

Bahraini House of Representatives agreed to refer to the Cabinet the recommendations of the Parliamentary Inquiry Committee on the phenomenon of informal employment (free visa).

Bahraini Interior Minister Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa issued an order on the amendment of the visa and residence permit regulations of family members of foreign workers and employers in Bahrain.

Qatar's ruler has introduced a law giving broad protection to tens of thousands of foreigners working as maids, cooks, cleaners and nannies, addressing some concerns long highlighted by human rights groups.

A decision issued by Bahrain Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, imposed a BD 30 monthly fee for foreign workers who practices professional work.

The Al-Ayam newspaper, owned by the King's Media Advisor Nabil Al-Hamr, said that the actuarial expert assigned to study the situations of pensions fund recommended to increase the number of participants through the participation of foreigners in pensions and insurances funds.

India demanded the government of Bahrain to send an open invitation for UN Special Rapporteurs in the Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights to visit the country.

The number of Ministry of Information Affairs' staff was recorded to be 1092 employees, divided into 820 Bahrainis, constituting 75%, and 272 foreigners, constituting 25% of the staff, according to official numbers.

Al-Wasat Newspaper reported that the year 2013, witnessed the employment of the biggest number of foreign workers, amounting to 1212 foreigners.

Bahraini daily newspaper al-Wasat, said that the final account of the state in 2015 showed that the sum of salaries designated for foreign workers in the government, adds up to 133 million dinars.

Indian official, Director General Overseas Recruitment Agency of Telangana, in the Republic of India, K. Bhavani, visited Bahrain to discuss the delayed paychecks for Iranian workers in a construction company and investigate the death of an Indian worker by a teargas canister.

Dozens of foreign workers have reportedly been sentenced to flogging and jail in Saudi Arabia for unrest which erupted after wages went unpaid by the Binladin Group, AFP reported.

Bahrain is moving towards canceling the Kafala (Sponsorship) labor System, claiming it is trying to fix the status of the labor market.

Hundreds of foreign workers rallied outside two construction sites, in protest against the delay in salary payment by one of the biggest construction companies in Bahrain.