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 …
Posted in Documentation, Saudi Arabia | 2 CommentsThe 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 …
Posted in Abusive employers, Bahrain, Documentation, Sponsorship | 2 CommentsThis 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 – …
Posted in Documentation, Gulf, Slavery, Trafficking, UAE | Leave a commentInternational 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]
Posted in Documentation | Leave a commentMigrant 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 …
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