We have created this PSA animation to note that for far too long, migrant workers have been an invisible majority in the Middle East. They are rarely discussed in the media and receive little protection from the governments of host countries, many of whom have no clear policies for safeguarding the…
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Animation: Protect the human rights of migrant workers in the Middle East
April 9th, 2010
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Lebanon: Sit-In in Solidarity with Refugees Detained Arbitrarily
March 27th, 2010
CLDH (Lebanese Center for Human Rights) held last Thursday a sit-in in solidarity with arbitrarily detained refugees in front of the underground retention center of the General Security in Adlieh (Beirut). This sit-in, which CLDH urgently called for given the very serious deterioration of the situat...
Himal Southasian Runs Story on Migrant Suicide Epidemic
March 16th, 2010
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Himal Southasian, a regional journal, has carried a story on suicides of migrant women in its online edition, written by Sophia, our Nepal-based editor. You can read the full story here, and also see some clips from Kesang Tseten’s work-in-progress Saving Dolma. We are eagerly awaiting this fi...
Lebanese rally to close ‘disgraceful’ retention center
March 1st, 2010
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Protesters rally to close ‘disgraceful’ retention center / The Daily Star Lebanon must immediately close a “disgraceful” retention center where refugees and migrants are held arbitrarily in appalling conditions, activists demanded Sunday. Braving heavy rain, around 60 people demonstr...
Israeli Migrant Rights NGO Highlights the Real “Survivors”
December 31st, 2009
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The Israeli worker rights NGO Kav LaOved (Hotline for the Worker) recently launched a campaign to highlight the plight of migrant workers in Israel. The NGO used the hype around the third season of Israeli Survivor, which takes place in the Philippines to show that the real survivors aren’t th...
The Impact of the Dubai Financial Crisis on Indian Workers
December 26th, 2009
Al Jazeera English recently showed a report about the impact of the financial crisis in the Gulf on Indian migrant workers. Many of the people interviewed have lost their jobs and some are on forced leaves. According to a recent study by an Indian think-tank, 264,000 workers from South Asia have los...
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