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New HRW Report Slams Gulf States for Migrant Abuses

January 26th, 2010

Bahrain Documentation General Gulf Kuwait News Saudi Arabia UAE

Human Rights Watch’s World Report 2010 is out now, and strongly condemns the Gulf states for failing to protect the rights of Migrant Workers. The full report is available here.
The HRW report raises the issues of passport confiscation, abuses of domestic workers and bans on trade unions as ke…

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CNN reports about wave of suicides of migrants in Lebanon

December 3rd, 2009

Documentation Lebanon Suicide Working conditions

Olivia Sterns of CNN reported Wednesday on the suicides and deaths of 10 migrant domestic workers in Lebanon between October-November, saying the deaths show the government is “doing too little to protect migrant domestic workers from severe abuse.” “In August, the Philippines Emba...

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Saudi Arabia: Hundreds of migrant workers live under a bridge hoping to get deported

November 6th, 2009

Documentation Saudi Arabia

AFP reported today about over 1,000 migrant workers in Saudi Arabia are living under the King Fahd Road bridge in Jeddah, hoping to get deported. Some of those workers fled their abusive sponsors, were abandoned by them, gone unpaid, or they are illegal workers. They all lack the necessary documenta...

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Op-ed in the Gulf Daily News: Lock up rogue sponsors – not their victims!

October 24th, 2009

Abusive employers Bahrain Documentation Sponsorship

The following great op-ed piece appeared in the Gulf Daily News on October 23, 2009: Lock up rogue sponsors – not their victims! By Les Horton Yet again we see a report in the GDN of two allegedly abused workers trapped in Bahrain because their sponsors refuse to hand over their passports. The...

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Links to devastating cases

December 31st, 2007

Documentation Gulf Slavery Trafficking UAE

This is a compilation of articles concerning migrant workers in the Middle East. - Slavery of children and women in Persian gulf countries - Most citizens of Kazakhstan who fall victim to human trafficking are sent to the UAE - May 26: “A group of Iranian boys and girls will be sold in an auct...

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Ratification of Human Rights

December 26th, 2007

Documentation

International convention on the protection of the rights of all migrant workers and members of their families. Download document [word file.] United Nations General Assembly – Status of ratifications [PDF]

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18th December – International Migrant’s Day

December 18th, 2007

Documentation MR Site

Migrant Rights in the Middle East 18th December – International Migrant’s Day Global Campaign for the Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers and their Families What is the International convention on Rights of Migrant workers and members of their families? The UN and other Key Organizati...

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