the Kafala system in Lebanon, as much as 83% of the surveyed said that they would not have traveled to Lebanon had they known of the situation beforehand. In a report conducted by the Insan Association in 2014, Insan went out to from one household to another; massing to a total of 250 respondents. 80% of the respondents were employers, one of the first questions directed towards these employers is if the employees are in possession of their passports, to which 77.9% of the employers answered “no”. The report further clarifies the status of the workers and their rights by explaining that two thirds of the workers had to sign the Standard Unified Contract (SUC) which is their working contract in Arabic, a contract they would simply sign without having their rights explained. On the other hand, 40.6% of the employers themselves explain that they did not understand that SUC document was a working contract and they were less aware of the terms and conditions of the contract themselves. A portion of the employers expressed their view on migrant residency in different ways, 26% believed that the worker should not live outside their working place as that would have negative influence on the worker, moreover 13% expressed that the workers are not capable of living independently. When the employers were asked about the kafala system, 55.8% wanted the system to change. The reason for this is that the employers felt that the burden was too high on them. In fact the figure increased to 65% when the employers were informed of the obligation to reimburse the recruitment fees in case of an early termination of contract by the migrant workers. A large number of the employers even felt that the migrant workers should not be included in the Lebanese labour code, out of fear of the expansion of these rights to other foreigners like the Syrian or Palestinian refugees. Remittances An average domestic worker can earn as much as $250 for ethiopians and $400 for filipina a month, despite the little income; the workers send back the money to their countries. This they do in order to help their families whom are in need of the money, but another direct result of this remittance process is the contribution these workers provide to their country of origin and their economy. In 2008, the Philippines had 13% of its GDP a direct