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 …
Posted in Gulf, UAE, Videos, Workers | 2 CommentsThe Gulf News reported earlier this week that the Iraqi couple that forced two women and one girl into prostitution in the UAE, was sentenced to three years in prison each. As we’ve previously mentioned, the couple held a 17-year-old …
Posted in Legal cases, Trafficking, UAE | 1 CommentA Filipino maid who was abused by her employer will testify before a court in Ajman, UAE in two weeks, the National Newspaper reported today. According to the report, the 25-year-old maid, Marilyn Vinluan, was repeatedly slapped, kicked and beaten …
Posted in Abusive employers, Housemaids, Legal cases, Slavery, UAE | 2 CommentsHuman Rights Watch (HRW) published last week a summary of the reports and research they’ve conducted over the last year on migrant rights. The end-year report highlighted the lack of protection of migrant workers in many Middle Eastern countries. In …
Posted in Egypt, Housemaids, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Legislation, Saudi Arabia, Sponsorship, Suicide, UAE | 2 CommentsThe UN’s IRIN News recently published a report about the difficulties Nepal’s government is having with preventing its women from traveling to the Gulf to work there in the domestic labor sector. According to Nepali activists, there is a growing …
Posted in Abusive employers, Gulf, Housemaids, Kuwait, Slavery, Trafficking, UAE | 2 CommentsA three-member delegation of the Philippine House Committee on Workers Affairs visited the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Jordan during October and found egregious violations of migrant rights in all three countries. The mission was sent following a rise in reports …
Posted in Abusive employers, Housemaids, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Slavery, UAE | 3 CommentsThe Gulf News reported yesterday about a case of a Bangladeshi woman who was lured to the UAE with promises of a job as a housemaid. When she arrived, she was taken by a gang of three Asian men and …
Posted in Trafficking, UAE | 1 CommentLast week The National reported that labour camps in Dubai were to get a modern sewage system, ending years of relying on septic tanks.The very fact that this story is considered headline-worthy bears testimony to the chronically low standard of …
Posted in News, UAE, Workers | 2 CommentsAbu Dhabi is planning to build three new cities to shelter foreign low-income laborers and workers of the construction industry. The plan is to build enough houses to accommodate 400,000 people and are geared at single and double room occupancy. …
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