Abuse towards workers and domestic workers remains rampant. This article, published in the Lebanese Newspaper AlSafeer, describes the situation of migrant/domestic workers in Lebanon with a focus on the weekly deaths toll which is most of the time referred to as “suicide cases” although …
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Lebanon: Chaos and Abuse Continue under the Sponsorship System
August 5th, 2011
The Cost of Living
August 1st, 2011
A must watch video. The Cost of Living from Pete Pattisson on Vimeo.
Lebanon: Attempted suicide of an Ethiopian from a hospital
July 25th, 2011
Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar reported today the suicide attempt of an Ethiopian lady, Tseha K., who jumped from the first floor of a hospital in el-`Azounieh – Mdeirej, where she was being treating for a nervous breakdown. She sustained injuries in the head and hip. Information by security for...
Challenges to establish Eritrean identity
July 15th, 2011
General Israel Legal cases Legislation Refugees
A recent case before the Tel Aviv Administrative Court highlighted the common misunderstandings which may occur when asylum seekers apply for protection in Israel. Tigset, an Eritrean asylum seeker, was ordered to leave Israel in March 2010. The Israeli Ministry of Interior (MoI) deemed her to be Et...
Eritrean asylum seekers in Israel unite
July 14th, 2011
General Israel Racism Refugees Slavery Trafficking
“I didn’t feel my country as my country. Every day my life was disturbed, I was suppressed. I could not live my life in such a way”. These are the words of Kidane Isaac who was caught attempting to flee Eritrea by the border police and sent to military prison in 2007. After four months, he and...
Satirical Tourism Ads Highlight the Mistreatment of Migrant Domestic Workers in Lebanon
July 1st, 2011
Abusive employers Housemaids Lebanon Working conditions
Below is an interview we conducted with Alex Shams, a coordinator with the Migrant Workers Task Force in Lebanon. The organization recently produced three excellent spoof tourism ads for Lebanon, describing the different abuses domestic workers suffer in Lebanon. M-R: Could you describe the work of ...
Bahrain Further Restricts Migrant Rights while Publicly Expressing Concern for Migrants
June 29th, 2011
During the days of protests in Bahrain, pro-regime media outlets covered extensively the xenophobic attacks attributed to opposition elements against migrant workers in Bahrain. Pro-regime outlets used the attacks on south-Asian workers in an attempt to present the oppressed protesters as the viole...
Israel: Migrants tell of grim conditions in holding facility for children
June 28th, 2011
Deportation Israel Prison Women
Two Israeli NGOs have launched a campaign against the deportation of migrant children, following the deportations of 26 children and their mothers and disturbing reports about the conditions in the holding facility in which the families are being held before being deported. The deportations are the ...
The plight of Eritreans in Egypt
June 11th, 2011
Deportation Egypt Legal cases Prison Refugees
This post originally appeared on the Arabist and re-posted here with permission. You should also watch Channel Four’s recently aired documentary looking at Eritreans in Sinai who tried to sneak into Israel. Asylum seekers and refugees in Egypt face a threat of deportation to countries where ...
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