22. In a context related to preventing human trafficking the National Referral System (NRS) for human
trafficking was issued, which is considered the first at the level of the countries of the region, where
it contributes to raise awareness of citizens, residents and expatriate workers all at once, regarding
the concepts and practices of human trafficking and their rights in accordance with Law Number
(1) of 2008 concerning preventing human trafficking, in addition to reinforcing the procedures
of preventing human trafficking, explaining and regulating the role of the various quarters and
the mechanism of their dealing with a case of trafficking or the suspicion of the possibility of its
becoming a form or type of crime such as this one.
23. Within the framework of tackling the phenomenon of non-regular workers, the National Institution
testifies to the efforts exerted by the Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) in issuing a
regulation concerning the “flexible labor permit” which is applicable to the Migrant Workers with
canceled work permits, and the Migrant Workers whose work permits are expired and were not
renewed by their employers, and excepted from applying it, are the regular workers, non-regular
workers, household workers or the workers leaving work.
24. The “flexible work permit” model affords a new opportunity to irregular Migrant Workers to which
apply the conditions and work and residence in the Kingdom of Bahrain to the exclusion of the
employer to rectify their status within a new regulatory framework, in which the Labour Market
Regulatory Authority (LMRA) shall include the non-regular workers within their regulation in
accordance with conditions assuring the rights of all the parties to work to safeguard the movement
of the market and its actual needs, where this regulation enables the Migrant Workers to avail of the
opportunity to be recruited by any employer for a renewable period of two years, and by temporary
contracting in any profession that does not require a professional license through full-time or parttime work. Moreover, the regulation allows the worker to depart to and return from his country
in an ordinary manner during the validity period of the work visa, in addition to protecting the
worker from exposure to any attempts to exploit him or to human trafficking.
25. The workers that benefit from the “flexible work permit” model , are granted a blue card, to be
renewed every six month for free to enable them to work in various ordinary non-professional jobs,
in addition to the availability of the flexible worker- in accordance with the blue card- to avail of the
healthcare services at the governmental centers for free.
26. Moreover, the “flexible work permit” model permits any employer to possibly contract with a
worker totally or partially and in accordance with the hours system or days or weeks, whereby this
system enables the employers to flexibly benefit from non-professional foreign workers whom they
need for limited indefinite periods without need to import new workers for a period of two years,
in addition to providing the opportunity to ascertain the extent of the legality of the workers which
would prevent any legal accountability arising from such.
27. It is worthy of note, that the Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) will issue (2000) work
permits according to this system monthly such for two years in two professions, namely (flexible
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