Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -An affiliate and member organization of Migrant-Middle East in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia today slammed the Philippine embassy and the Philippine Overseas Labor office-Overseas Welfare Workers Administration for not providing assistance to a distress OFW. Eric Jocson, Chairperson …
Posted in General, Women, Working conditions | Tagged Migrant rights | Leave a commentMigrante-Middle East, and its local chapter in the United Arab Emirates today welcome the moved by the UAE government when it plan to ease the implementation of ‘sponsor’ system, which many believe is like a ‘bonded’ labor. Citing local news …
Posted in Sponsorship, UAE | Tagged Migrant rights | Leave a commentDecember 18 is International Migrants Day Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -Today is December 18; it was the same date on the year 1990 when member nation-states of the United Nations signed on theInternational Convention for the Protection of the Rights of …
Posted in General, Workers, Working conditions | Tagged Migrant rights | Leave a commentBy John Leonard Monterona, (Migrante-Middle East regional coordinator) We have been receiving complaints from jailed Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Saudi Arabia who claimed they have already completed their jail term. Thus, we would like to get the attention of …
Posted in Deportation, Gulf, Prison, Prisoners | Tagged Migrant rights | Leave a commentIntroduction The Middle East has become famous for its images of luxury, associated with its large variety of tall and beautiful buildings. For a foreigner from the West, owning a home in Dubai and Bahrain is synonymous with the epitome …
Posted in Bahrain, Gulf, Sponsorship, Working conditions | Leave a commentDaughters and wives from poor Asian farming communities eager to become breadwinners for their families gamble by accepting a housemaid’s job. In desperation young girls barely in their teens falsify their age to meet the minimum age requirement. Recruitment agencies …
Posted in Abusive employers, Housemaids, Rape, Saudi Arabia, Slavery, Working conditions | 3 CommentsRiyadh, Saudi Arabia -An alliance of Filipino migrant rights group in the Middle East that directly provided assistance to OFW “Clarissa” who has been raped and was jailed due to ‘adultery’ case, today said she was convicted of ‘adultery’ charged …
Posted in Prison, Rape, Saudi Arabia | Leave a commentAn alliance of Filipino migrant rights group in Saudi Arabia today said the eight run away mothers who are now staying at police station following the raid on November 24 in Al Khobar are pleading for assistance to their sick …
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