Unfree labour is on the rise. While servitude is often considered a question of the past, research has shown labour unfreedom is a common feature of neoliberal labour markets including in ‘advanced capitalist’ economies. Putting critical race theories in conversation with literature on unfreedom will provide additional insight into how unfree labour becomes a racialized phenomenon. This presentation will investigate the labour experiences of one niche of the precarious labour continuum: that of South-Asian construction migrant under the Kafala system; a migrant sponsorship system predominant in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates). The Kafala system is characterized as a modern labour trafficking system, increased reports of unfreedom has declared the system as forced labour, servitude and even slavery. Postponed until further notice.