Ten overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) were told to believe by a recruitment agent that they will work as fishermen only to find out, upon arrival to Saudi Arabia, there are no such jobs waiting for them, according to Migrante-Middle East, …
Posted in Saudi Arabia | Tagged Migrant rights | Leave a commentLebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar reported today the suicide attempt of an Ethiopian lady, Tseha K., who jumped from the first floor of a hospital in el-`Azounieh – Mdeirej, where she was being treating for a nervous breakdown. She sustained injuries in …
Posted in Lebanon, Suicide | Leave a commentKuwait has been rated many times as one of the worst countries in the world when it comes to combating human trafficking as seen in the US State Department annual reports, Human Rights Watch, and other international human rights organizations. …
Posted in Housemaids, Kuwait, Trafficking, Working conditions | 1 CommentA horrifying story was featured in the last page of the Kuwaiti daily newspaper Al-Qabas. The report said that a baby who is less than a year old is living in prison right now. The child is allegedly the result …
Posted in Housemaids, Kuwait, Prisoners, Women | 1 CommentThe Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Qabas tried on the 18th of July to sum up in five lines the results of the International Labor organization meeting with Kuwaiti representatives discussing the status of workers in Kuwait. The ILO representatives said that Kuwait …
Posted in Abusive employers, Housemaids, Kuwait, Rape, Suicide, Women | Leave a commentA recent case before the Tel Aviv Administrative Court highlighted the common misunderstandings which may occur when asylum seekers apply for protection in Israel. Tigset, an Eritrean asylum seeker, was ordered to leave Israel in March 2010. The Israeli Ministry …
Posted in General, Israel, Legal cases, Legislation, Refugees | Leave a comment“I didn’t feel my country as my country. Every day my life was disturbed, I was suppressed. I could not live my life in such a way”. These are the words of Kidane Isaac who was caught attempting to flee …
Posted in General, Israel, Racism, Refugees, Slavery, Trafficking | Leave a commentBelow is an interview we conducted with Alex Shams, a coordinator with the Migrant Workers Task Force in Lebanon. The organization recently produced three excellent spoof tourism ads for Lebanon, describing the different abuses domestic workers suffer in Lebanon. M-R: …
Posted in Abusive employers, Housemaids, Lebanon, Working conditions | 3 Comments