The New York Times ran this piece on on global migration on Monday which may be of interest to M-R.org readers, ‘Global Migration: A World Ever More on the Move’.
Migration is perhaps the most ‘overlooked’ phenomenon of modern times, argues Jason DeParle. Nevertheless, stor…
Archive for June, 2010
‘No force in modern life is as omnipresent yet overlooked’: New York Times article on global migration
June 30th, 2010
Middle Eastern Countries Score Poorly in US Report on Human Trafficking
June 29th, 2010
Bahrain Israel Kuwait News Trafficking
Middle Eastern countries have fared poorly in the US State Department’s latest report on human trafficking, released last week. (M-R.org and Mideast Youth Readers may be interested to know that this is the first year that the US itself has been assessed for the report. Its scores were high bu...
Filipino Workers Rule Saudi Arabia
June 28th, 2010
Interviews Saudi Arabia Workers
Philippine is the 12th largest population with total of 92 million people scattered in 7107 islands in Western Pacific Ocean. The skills, commitment and hard work of its citizens are highly respected as overseas migrant workers around the world. OFW is Overseas Filipino Worker; this term was first i...
Local Bahraini official: We must “get rid” of “expatriate parasites”
June 26th, 2010
A senior Bahraini local council member called to “get rid” of the “expatriate parasites” whose numbers keep increasing in his constituency in the Northern Municipality of Bahrain, the Gulf Daily News reported . The council member, Abdulghani Abdulaziz, stated that the migrant...
Horror in the Middle East: Abused Sri Lankan Women Speak Out
June 21st, 2010
Padma and Chandrangani, two young Sri Lankan women, both went to Kuwait to work as maids with the hope of earning enough money to support their families. Both faced horrific physical and mental abuse at the hands of their employers, and were treated by their Sri Lankan recruitment brokers as though ...
Emirati paper: UAE “unfairly” targeted for migrant rights abuses
June 15th, 2010
Sponsorship UAE Working conditions
A recent editorial in Gulf News, the UAE’s most popular English-language newspaper, lavishly praised the UAE’s treatment of migrant workers, ignoring the egregious human rights violation migrant workers are subjected to in the Emirates. The editorial highlighted the International Labor O...
Israeli Arrested for Imprisoning Two Domestic Workers
June 12th, 2010
Abusive employers Housemaids Israel Legal cases Slavery Trafficking
Israeli police arrested a 51-year-old woman living in Jerusalem and freed two domestic workers who were imprisoned in her home this Friday. The woman is suspected of smuggling into the country the two women to nurse her father a few months ago. The women were forced to work around the clock caring f...
Nepali Women in Danger in Saudi
June 12th, 2010
Kuwait Saudi Arabia Trafficking Women
Human Rights Watch has called on Saudi Arabia and Kuwait to investigate the trafficking of Nepali women between the two countries. Nepali women who have agreed to work in Kuwait are reportedly being sent to Saudi Arabia, where they often find themselves stranded without work or papers. Kuwaiti em...
Rights Group Urges ILO to Bring Out Guidelines for Domestic Workers
June 12th, 2010
Housemaids Legislation News Women
Migrants Forum Asia has called on the ILO to set specific guide lines for domestic workers. The majority of Asia’s 60 million migrant workers are women, and many of them work as housemaids and nannies. MFA believes that existing international conventions do not adequately protect their right...
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