This week, the Philippine government determined that out of all the countries in the Middle East, only two – Oman and Israel – qualify as “safe” for its migrants. This decision becomes all the more shocking considering the low standards set by the Philippine government in order for…
Archive for the ‘Gulf’ Category
Is Any Country in The Middle East Safe for Migrant Workers?
June 2nd, 2011
Israel Oman Recruitment Agencies Workers
Kuwait: Asian maid forced into prostitution, others commit suicide
May 21st, 2011
Death Housemaids Kuwait Suicide Trafficking
Maids in Kuwait do not only suffer from rape and abuse that leads to suicide attempts. Recently, an Asian maid has been locked in a house in Jileeb Al-Sheiokh area and forced into prostitution for four months until she was able to escape and went to file a case in the police station as reported by A...
Bahrain crackdown arrested 54 undocumented migrants
May 20th, 2011
20 May 2011 Migrant rights group appeals to Bahrain govt. to grant amnesty for undocumented migrants Barely a week until the lifting of the State of National Safety that was announced by the Bahrain government, fifty-four (54) undocumented migrants have been arrested by Bahrain authorities according...
Migrant Workers in the Gulf: A Historical Perspective (video)
May 16th, 2011
Bahrain Gulf Housemaids Interviews Saudi Arabia Slavery Suicide UAE
Below is a great video interview of The Real News Network with Dr. Adam Hanieh about the historical changes that occurred within the working class of the Gulf region since the 1950s. The program also discusses the recent popular uprising in Bahrain, the tensions created by the al-Khalifa regime̵...
Report: 4 overseas Filipino workers held ‘hostage’ by employer
May 15th, 2011
Abusive employers General Housemaids UAE Women
15 May 2011 Group alerted the PH consulate to secure their safety A chapter of an alliance of Filipino migrants’ rights group providing assistance to distress overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) said yesterday it received report of alleged abduction of four OFW-domes...
Kuwait: Maids Raped and Beaten, Others Commit Suicide
May 8th, 2011
Housemaids Kuwait Rape Suicide
If you keep an eye on Kuwaiti newspapers, you will reach the conclusion that at least two maids try to commit suicide every week, beside those of them who get raped, beaten, humiliated, or mistreated. On the 27th of April, the Al-Watan Arabic Newspaper reported that a Philippine maid was found on th...
UAE: Maid jailed for being raped, another is repeatedly raped by a policeman
April 30th, 2011
This week, two terrible stories have surfaced in the UAE, once again demonstrating the injustices migrant workers suffer at the hands of those who are in charge of upholding the law. In the first case, an Ethiopian maid who was raped by her Emirati sponsor’s 15-year-old son was kept locked up ...
Overstaying OFWs urged to avail Saudi amnesty; migrant group calls on PH embassy to provide assistance
April 28th, 2011
28 April 2011 A Filipino migrant rights group in Saudi Arabia, Migrante-Saudi Arabia, today urges all overstaying overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to avail the Saudi government amnesty for all overstaying non-nationals in the oil-rich Kingdom. Mario Ben, chairperson of Migrante in Saudi Arabia, said...
Kuwait: Escape attempts end with death
April 24th, 2011
Death Housemaids Kuwait Suicide
The sad Kuwaiti film keeps repeating itself with maids trying to commit suicide or run away from the houses where they get mistreated, humiliated, abused, or harassed. On the 22th of April, Al-Watan Arabic daily newspaper reported that a Philippine maid tried to escape using a robe from the third f...
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