Migrants Forum Asia has called on the ILO to set specific guide lines for domestic workers.
The majority of Asia’s 60 million migrant workers are women, and many of them work as housemaids and nannies. MFA believes that existing international conventions do not adequately protect their right…
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Rights Group Urges ILO to Bring Out Guidelines for Domestic Workers
June 12th, 2010
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Lebanon: Ethiopian falls from third floor, sustains injuries
June 8th, 2010
Al-Akhbar newspaper reported today that Ethiopian national, Koma Seboka, born in 1982, fell from the balcony of her employer on the third floor in Naccache (North of Beirut). She sustained bruises, broken bones and injuries and was transferred to hospital. Antelias police station opened an investiga...
Migrants’ Group Urges Israel to Stop Deportation of Philippine Children
June 5th, 2010
Migrante Middle East has urged the Israeli government to halt plans to deport 1200 children born to undocumented migrant workers. The organization has called on the government to uphold the rights of immigrants as laid out in the UN Convention on the Protection of Migrant Workers and Members of the...
Israel: Farmer Arrested for “Enslaving” Thai Workers
June 3rd, 2010
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The Israeli police arrested this Tuesday a farmer from southern Israel who is suspected of underpaying 12 Thai workers he employed, and forcing them to work without days off. The workers contacted Kav LaOved, an Israeli migrant rights NGO and reported that their employer is paying them below the min...
‘Making the Best of a Bad Situation’: Israel’s Migrant Women Speak Up
May 29th, 2010
Finally, some thoughtful and intelligent reporting on migrant women in the Middle East. JPost’s Mya Guarnieri listens to the stories of migrant women in Israel and discovers that migrant life can be both exploitative and liberating. Migrant women are subject to abuse and overwork by their emp...
Nightmare Continues for Family of Saudi Death Row OFW
May 29th, 2010
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The family of Joselito Zapanta, a Filipino migrant worker on death row in Saudi Arabia, are trying to raise ‘blood money’ to save their son’s life, since they are not satisfied with the legal aid that the government is providing (see full story here and here) “I have spoken wit...
94 Nepalis working as ‘Bonded Labourers’ for Libyan Construction Company
May 13th, 2010
Ninety-four Nepali construction workers in Libya have appealed to the Nepali government to rescue them immediately, saying that they are being forced to work in inhumane conditions, according to this article, which appeared on the front page of yesterday’s Republica (English language daily in ...
Lebanon: One more Ethiopian falling from the balcony
May 4th, 2010
Al-Akhbar newspaper reported today the death of Ethiopian maid Wilana Sbsay, who “fell” from the balcony of her employers in Antelias, north of Beirut. According to reports, Al-AKhbar said, she threw herself from the balcony.
Migrant Domestic Workers in the Middle East: Exploited, Abused and Ignored
April 30th, 2010
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A new Human Rights Watch (HRW) report about the rights of migrant domestic workers focused heavily on the Middle East, and for a good reason: most regional governments do not include domestic workers under the protection of its labor laws, and the current regulations leave domestic workers open to e...
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