ABU DHABI — The Filipina housemaid E.F., who jumped from the second floor in an attempt to escape from her employer told investigators that she was trying to run away because she was over-worked and wanted to seek a better job.
The Abu Dhabi Police have referred the case to the Public Prosecution for appropriate action […]
ABU DHABI — A 40-year-old Filipina housemaid suffered serious injuries and was admitted to a hospital after she fell from the second floor of a building in Abu Dhabi on Sunday.
A police official who did not want to be named told Khaleej Times the maid was apparently trying to escape from the apartment of […]
From the Wall Street Journal (and via The Emirates Economist blog) -
SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates — Protests and violent skirmishes over rising prices are hitting parts of the Middle East, a region already beset by strife but otherwise enjoying an unprecedented, oil-fueled economic boom.
On Tuesday, hundreds of workers demanding higher wages to counter soaring food […]
From the AFP:
MANAMA (AFP) — Around 1,300 migrant workers helping to build a luxury coastal development in Bahrain have gone on strike to demand higher wages, a company official said on Sunday.
The workers are employed by the contracting firm GP Zachariades to work on the Durrat al-Bahrain development in the south of the wealthy Gulf […]
From Lankan Business online:
DUBAI, Jan 24, 2008 (AFP) - A Sri Lankan maid, in transit on her way home from Kuwait to see her children for the first time in three years, hanged herself in a toilet at Dubai airport, an Emirati daily said on Thursday.
The report came just two days after the oil-rich Gulf […]
This is a compilation of articles concerning migrant workers in the Middle East.
- Slavery of children and women in Persian gulf countries
- Most citizens of Kazakhstan who fall victim to human trafficking are sent to the UAE
- May 26: “A group of Iranian boys and girls will be sold in an auction today in Fojeyreh, […]
The United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) remains a destination country for men and women trafficked for the purpose of involuntary servitude and commercial sexual exploitation. Women from India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Ethiopia, and the Philippines migrate willingly to the U.A.E. to work as domestic servants, but many face conditions of involuntary servitude such as excessive […]
“One of the world’s largest construction booms is feeding off of workers in Dubai, but they’re treated as less than human. It’s no surprise that some workers have started rioting in protest. What’s surprising is that the government of the UAE is doing nothing to solve the problem.”
Sarah Leah Whitson,
Middle East and […]
From the BBC:
Dubai’s economy has boomed in recent years, fuelled largely by a construction industry reliant on low-paid workers, many from South Asia. The labourers were employed by the Wade Adams Group, a contracting company based in the Middle East.
More than 40 people were working on the bridge at the time of the collapse, police […]
October 31st - Kuwait Times Report
Four Thousand Asian Laborers in Dubai are reportedly facing expulsion after they staged illegal strikes at the weekend over poor wages and working condition in the booming gulf city state. The authorities in the United Arab Emirates tool the decision after several thousand manual workers downed tools and reportedly […]