http://www.migrant-rights.org/2010/01/26/new-hrw-report-slams-gulf-states-for-migrant-abuses/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:49:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://www.migrant-rights.org/2010/01/26/new-hrw-report-slams-gulf-states-for-migrant-abuses/comment-page-1/#comment-16517 4th Meeting | SOAS Model United Nations Society Sun, 30 Oct 2011 16:56:12 +0000 http://www.migrant-rights.org/?p=1175#comment-16517 [...] issues:    'Lack of migrant working rights in Gulf Arab states'    http://www.migrant-rights.org/2010/01/26/new-hrw-report-slams-gulf-states-for-migrant-abuses/ http://www.arabianbusiness.com/-gulf-states-should-boost-migrant-workers-rights-un-157263.html [...] [...] issues:    'Lack of migrant working rights in Gulf Arab states'    http://www.migrant-rights.org/2010/01/26/new-hrw-report-slams-gulf-states-for-migrant-abuses/ http://www.arabianbusiness.com/-gulf-states-should-boost-migrant-workers-rights-un-157263.html [...]

]]> http://www.migrant-rights.org/2010/01/26/new-hrw-report-slams-gulf-states-for-migrant-abuses/comment-page-1/#comment-10158 Cathy Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:38:27 +0000 http://www.migrant-rights.org/?p=1175#comment-10158 My sister-in-law is currently in Riyadh as a domestic worker. She is like a slave there and her employer has confiscated her passport. She has not been paid properley since she arrived last year. Her health is poor as she suffers diabetes and has recently had a pace maker installed. Still she is forced to live on bread or the scraps left on her emplyers plate. She wishes to go home due to her poor health but they won't allow her to leave and refuse to give back her passport. The consulate offers no help for her. What do we do to get her home to the Philippines and safety? As an Australian born Australian Citizen I am shocked that this is allowed to happen but I am powerless and don't know how to help her. [Writer contacted on behalf of Migrant-Rights.org] My sister-in-law is currently in Riyadh as a domestic worker. She is like a slave there and her employer has confiscated her passport. She has not been paid properley since she arrived last year. Her health is poor as she suffers diabetes and has recently had a pace maker installed. Still she is forced to live on bread or the scraps left on her emplyers plate. She wishes to go home due to her poor health but they won’t allow her to leave and refuse to give back her passport. The consulate offers no help for her. What do we do to get her home to the Philippines and safety? As an Australian born Australian Citizen I am shocked that this is allowed to happen but I am powerless and don’t know how to help her.
[Writer contacted on behalf of Migrant-Rights.org]

]]> http://www.migrant-rights.org/2010/01/26/new-hrw-report-slams-gulf-states-for-migrant-abuses/comment-page-1/#comment-10060 Mideast Youth – Thinking Ahead » Blog Archive » Emirati paper: UAE “unfairly” targeted for migrant rights abuses - Promoting a fierce but respectful dialogue among the highly diverse youth of the Middle East Wed, 16 Jun 2010 09:22:54 +0000 http://www.migrant-rights.org/?p=1175#comment-10060 [...] Working conditions of construction workers are extremely poor and workers are often exploited. Domestic workers are not included under the realm of the country’s labor laws, they are not given a weekly [...] [...] Working conditions of construction workers are extremely poor and workers are often exploited. Domestic workers are not included under the realm of the country’s labor laws, they are not given a weekly [...]

]]> http://www.migrant-rights.org/2010/01/26/new-hrw-report-slams-gulf-states-for-migrant-abuses/comment-page-1/#comment-9910 Bill Clinton Claims the UAE Passed Legislation Giving Migrants “a Better Deal” Sat, 24 Apr 2010 22:36:31 +0000 http://www.migrant-rights.org/?p=1175#comment-9910 [...] in several massive strikes by workers, despite it being illegal in the UAE. The Emirates provide little protection to domestic workers: they are not given a weekly rest day, their work hours are practically [...] [...] in several massive strikes by workers, despite it being illegal in the UAE. The Emirates provide little protection to domestic workers: they are not given a weekly rest day, their work hours are practically [...]

]]>