The Daily Star reported today about the possible exploitation refugees from Iraq face in Lebanon. Following the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, many Iraqis fled the country and about 50,000 of them settled in Lebanon. Christian Iraqis saw Lebanon as an attractive destination due to its large Christian p…
Archive for the ‘Iraq’ Category
Iraqi Refugees Face Exploitation in Lebanon
December 14th, 2009
Abusive employers Iraq Lebanon Refugees
Growing number of migrant workers in Iraq
November 8th, 2009
The National Newspaper (UAE) carried a story today about Asian migrant workers who are coming to Iraq and taking jobs from the locals. The number of migrant workers in the country has increased in the past months, the report suggests. The focus of the article is on the Iraqis who are loosing their j...
Jordan: Local companies sending foreign workers to Iraq against their will
January 27th, 2009
This is not the first time we become aware of foreign workers in Jordan who are being illegally sent to Iraq regardless of their contracts and what they initially signed up for. Last September, we published an article by IRIN News stating the following: Companies in Jordan are accused of using the c...
Worker ‘tricked into going to Iraq’
April 16th, 2008
From the BBC - Darmianti binti Jaba Saleh only realised where she was when she pulled out the pile of money she had been given. Written across the top of the notes were the words “Bank of Iraq”. Darmianti was having her medical check-up prior to being placed as a domestic worker in the K...
Migrants fall into hardship in Iraq
May 13th, 2007
A horrifying article in this week’s International Herald Tribune: As waves of Iraqis flee their conflicted country, other desperate civilians are going in. Migrant workers from some of the world’s poorest countries are being lured by the prospect of inflated salaries in construction or s...
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