Lebanese newspaper As-Safir reported today the presumed suicide of Lorana Bedrioan (born in 1987), on Tuesday February 1st, by “throwing” herself from the forth floor balcony of a building in Fanar, north of Beirut. She died immediately and the police …
Posted in Housemaids, Lebanon, Suicide | Leave a commentIn one of the more bizarre stories we’ve seen recently relating to migrant labourers, the Philippine government has busted a group of Lebanon-bound migrant workers disguised as nuns in a bid to circumvent laws banning them from entering the country …
Posted in Housemaids, Lebanon, Women | Leave a commentAn abused Filipino worker who filed a case against her employers for mistreatment has been hit with a lifetime ban on working in the UAE this week on charges of ‘absconding’. Under the sponsorship system migrant workers are unable to …
Posted in Abusive employers, Deportation, Housemaids, Legal cases, UAE | 4 CommentsBy John Leonard Monterona, regional co-ordinator, Migrante Middle East Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – A Filipino migrant rights group based in the Middle East today said it is looking forward to meet Vice President Jejomar Binay before the end of this …
Posted in Abusive employers, General, Housemaids, Rape, Working conditions | Leave a commentRiyadh, Saudi Arabia -An affiliate and member organization of Migrant-Middle East in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia today slammed the Philippine embassy and the Philippine Overseas Labor office-Overseas Welfare Workers Administration for not providing assistance to a distress OFW. Eric Jocson, Chairperson …
Posted in General, Women, Working conditions | Tagged Migrant rights | Leave a commentDaughters and wives from poor Asian farming communities eager to become breadwinners for their families gamble by accepting a housemaid’s job. In desperation young girls barely in their teens falsify their age to meet the minimum age requirement. Recruitment agencies …
Posted in Abusive employers, Housemaids, Rape, Saudi Arabia, Slavery, Working conditions | 3 CommentsRiyadh, Saudi Arabia -An alliance of Filipino migrant rights group in the Middle East that directly provided assistance to OFW “Clarissa” who has been raped and was jailed due to ‘adultery’ case, today said she was convicted of ‘adultery’ charged …
Posted in Prison, Rape, Saudi Arabia | Leave a comment“My Sri Lankan is Lebanese”, a video produced by the Anti-Racism Movement and Ethiopian Suicides on a cellphone as part of an interactive workshop run by the producers of Shankaboot, a popular online serial drama. For more information: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2010/11/migrant-worker-human-rights-lebanon-video-satire.html
Posted in Housemaids, Lebanon, Racism | 1 CommentAs-Safir newspaper reported today the “suicide” of two migrant domestic workers. In the first case, a Nepalese, Nebedki Sherba (born in 1983) two days ago at her employer’s house (A. D. born in 1944) in Naccache (North of Beirut) hanging …
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