MPs are trying to revive a draft legislation that places strict restrictions on labour camps, the GDN's Mohammed Al A’ali reports.
The bill was originally presented in 2015 but has been on hold since after the government asked for a rethink because it violates workers' rights.
However, the GDN has exclusively learned that MPs now believe this is necessary amid the Covid-19 outbreak.
The draft law states that bachelor labourers would be prohibited from residential areas inhabited by Bahraini and expat families.
It would also prohibit leasing old and derelict homes as mass residences for expats while imposing a condition for humane accommodations.
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