From Arab News this morning:
JEDDAH, 31 May 2007 — A new system of insurance for housemaids is currently under study in Saudi Arabia, according to Saad Al-Baddah, head of the National Committee for Labor Recruitment.
“The system is aimed at safeguarding the interests of employers who incur finan…
Archive for May, 2007
Insurance for Maids Under Study
May 31st, 2007
India to ban maid emigration to Gulf states and Africa
May 19th, 2007
The Pakistani Daily Times reports: NEW DELHI: India will ban women under 30 from emigrating to work as domestic help in the Gulf and parts of Africa and Southeast Asia in a bid to curb sex trafficking, a report said Tuesday. The move came after Renuka Chowdhury, the minister for women and children, ...
Stranded prisoners attempt suicide
May 13th, 2007
Gulf Daily News reports about a suicide attempt by 2 men, one Sri Lankan and the other Indian, who have spent approximately 2 years in Bahrain’s deportation centre. Excerpt of the article: Around 10 hours before the apparent attempted suicides, one prisoner told the GDN a group of six men wer...
Migrants fall into hardship in Iraq
May 13th, 2007
A horrifying article in this week’s International Herald Tribune: As waves of Iraqis flee their conflicted country, other desperate civilians are going in. Migrant workers from some of the world’s poorest countries are being lured by the prospect of inflated salaries in construction or s...
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