I just wanted to share with readers of M-R.org a wonderful Hindi film, ‘Dor’ (2006) which paints a vivid and moving picture of the struggles of migration from India to the Gulf. The word ‘dor’ roughly translates as ‘thread’ and …
Posted in General, Gulf, Legal cases, Saudi Arabia | Leave a commentCorrupt recruitment practices cheat migrant workers out of $21 billion each year, according to an ILO report released on Tuesday. Construction workers, domestics, seasonal labourers and drivers are caught in a system of modern day slavery, according to the report, …
Posted in General, News, Slavery, Workers | Leave a commentThe Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR) has praised the government’s decision to abolish the sponsorship system, which binds expatriates’ right to work and reside in the Kingdom to the permission of their sponsor. The sponsorship system has long been …
Posted in Bahrain, General, Sponsorship | Leave a commentThis story in itself is a good argument in favour of Bahrain’s decision to abolish the sponsorship system: A Bangladeshi worker was brutally beaten by his sponsor when he asked for his wages, according to this report in The Weekly …
Posted in Bahrain, General, Sponsorship | 6 CommentsA series of Arabic-language storybooks has been launched in Lebanon to educate children about migrant workers. The series, called ‘Mimi and her Magic Globe’, takes readers on a journey to the homelands of migrant workers, including Sri Lanka, Ethiopia and …
Posted in General, Housemaids, Lebanon, Racism, Women | Leave a commentBahrain is to get rid of its sponsorship law which binds foreign workers to their employers as of August 1st this year. Human rights campaigners have welcomed the ruling, which will offer increased protection to migrant workers who have currently …
Posted in Bahrain, General, Sponsorship | 5 CommentsA wealthy UAE Prince, Sheikh Issa Bin Zayed al Nayhan has been implicated in a scandal involving a tape of him torturing a Afghan businessman who allegedly cheated him in a grain deal. The videotape was leaked to the US …
Posted in General | 1 CommentAn Indonesian domestic has been hospitalised after months of torture by her employer in Riyadh, according to this report in the Arab News. The 20-year old woman, who was working in the house of a civil defence officer, was admitted …
Posted in General, Housemaids, Women | 1 CommentThe annual number of suicide deaths of Indian migrant workers in the UAE fell by 41% year-on-year in 2008, falling from 118 deaths to 69, according to this recent news report. The results mark a reverse of the trend that …
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