During the days of protests in Bahrain, pro-regime media outlets covered extensively the xenophobic attacks attributed to opposition elements against migrant workers in Bahrain. Pro-regime outlets used the attacks on south-Asian workers in an attempt to present the oppressed protesters …
Posted in Bahrain, Sponsorship, Strike | 11 CommentsTwo Israeli NGOs have launched a campaign against the deportation of migrant children, following the deportations of 26 children and their mothers and disturbing reports about the conditions in the holding facility in which the families are being held before …
Posted in Deportation, Israel, Prison, Women | Leave a commentThe epidemic of suicides of migrant workers in the UAE continues unabated: on June 13, UAE papers reported about two suicides of Ethiopian migrant workers. At 4pm on June 11, police rushed to a house in Ras al-Khaimah where a …
Posted in Housemaids, Suicide, UAE | 2 CommentsMigrante-Middle East, an alliance of Filipino migrants rights providing assistance to distress, run away, stranded and jailed overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) today said it lauded the plan by the Saudi government in crafting alternative punishments for crime offenders. Citing local …
Posted in Legal cases, Prison, Prisoners, Saudi Arabia | Tagged Migrant rights | Leave a commentKuwait has always been heavily criticized for the treatment of migrant workers and the little attention media and the government give this serious issue. On the 9th of June, al-Qabas newspaper reported a statement taken by Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) …
Posted in Housemaids, Kuwait, Legislation, Sponsorship | 3 CommentsThis post originally appeared on the Arabist and re-posted here with permission. You should also watch Channel Four’s recently aired documentary looking at Eritreans in Sinai who tried to sneak into Israel. Asylum seekers and refugees in Egypt face a threat …
Posted in Deportation, Egypt, Legal cases, Prison, Refugees | Tagged deportation, detention, Egypt, Middle East, refoulement, refugees | Leave a commentSince the 24th of May, no updates have appeared on the case of an Ethiopian maid who has accused her sponsor of raping her. This maid, as reported by the Kuwaiti Al-Watan daily, was able to escape her sponsor’s house …
Posted in Abusive employers, Death, Housemaids, Kuwait, Rape, Suicide | 1 CommentWalking for minutes outside in the summer of Kuwait is an unpleasant experience, people often complain. Kuwaitis keep grumbling about the high temperature that reaches 60 °C in the summer, even though they drive air conditioned cars. On the other …
Posted in Abusive employers, Kuwait, Legislation, Working conditions | Leave a commentTwo weeks ago, a piece by Sarah Stillman appeared in the June 6, 2011 edition of The New Yorker. Titled “The Invisible Army,” her piece follows the perils of contract workers “recruited” to work on U.S. military bases in Iraq …
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