Migrante-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 report, Migrante-UAE Secretary General Nhe…
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Filipino Migrant rights Groups Welcome UAE Plans to Ease Sponsorship regulations in 2011
December 19th, 2010
Migrant Workers under the “Kafala” System in the GCC
November 23rd, 2010
Abusive employers Gulf Housemaids Recruitment Agencies Saudi Arabia Slavery Sponsorship Suicide UAE Workers Working conditions
by Salim Essaid 36 year old Kikim Komalasari’s murder has lead to an investigation by the Indonesian government to look into the details of this migrant worker who was found in a dumpster in the town of Abha, Saudi Arabia. Kikim was a housemaid allegedly slashed across the neck by her employers in...
3 Overseas Filipino workers die in Dubai fire
November 10th, 2010
General UAE Working conditions
by Angel L. Tesorero, Migrante-UAE chapter Dubai, UAE – Three overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) died and one remains in critical condition when a fire razed a makeshift room built on the rooftop of a 3-storey building in Al Satwa, Dubai early Saturday morning (UAE time), according to a report by M...
Short story about migrant workers in the Gulf
August 11th, 2010
Below is a beautiful short story first published by EGO Magazine and re-posted here with permission from the author.
UAE: Thousands of Laborers Left to Fend for Themselves
July 23rd, 2010
As the global financial crisis hit UAE derailing its real-estate boom, several construction companies that employ foreign workers went bankrupt. As a result, many times the workers are deserted in their over-populated labor camps that are cut off from basic utilities, without any money and the abili...
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...
Interview with a photojournalist who helped reveal the conditions of migrants in the UAE
June 10th, 2010
UAE Workers Working conditions
Below is an interview we conducted with Matilde Gattoni, a photojournalist who has spent a year documenting the living and working condition of migrant construction workers in the UAE. A gallery of the amazing photos can be seen on her site. First, could you introduce yourself to our readers? I’m ...
Pope Praises the UAE for ‘Openness’ to Migrants
May 27th, 2010
The Pope commended the UAE for its ‘openness’ towards foreign workers, many of whom are Catholic Filippinos, on the occasion of receiving the UAE’s first ambassador to the Vatican (full story here). It seems a shame that this occasion has not triggered more discussion about the abu...
Dubai Arrests 100 Vietnamese Protestors
May 27th, 2010
Police in Dubai arrested around 100 Vietnamese construction workers for going on strike over unpaid wages earlier this month (full article here) The workers formed part of a group of 200 workers of various nationalities who marched to the Ministry of Labour to demand their rights. Those who were tak...
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