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…
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Israeli Migrant Rights NGO Highlights the Real “Survivors”
December 31st, 2009
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The dreams of foreign maids in Lebanon turn into nightmares
December 25th, 2009
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The following is a translation on an article that appeared in the pan-Arab daily Asharq al-Awsat last week. The dreams of foreign maids in Lebanon turn into nightmares The rise of suicide rates to one case a week due to maltreatment, and humanitarian organizations ring the alarm bells Friday, 18 De...
Abusive Employer to be Tried in the UAE
December 25th, 2009
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A 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 with an electrical wire by her female employer, whil...
Iraqi Refugees Face Exploitation in Lebanon
December 14th, 2009
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The Daily Star reported today about the possible exploitation refugees from Iraq face in Lebanon. Following the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, many Iraqis fled the country and about 50,000 of them settled in Lebanon. Christian Iraqis saw Lebanon as an attractive destination due to its large Christian p...
Lebanese woman sentenced to prison for beating her Filipino maid
December 12th, 2009
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On 9 December 2009, a criminal court judge (single judge) in Batroun sentenced a Lebanese woman who beat the Filipino maid who was working at her home to 15 days of prison, to a fine of fifty thousand Lebanese Pounds, and to payment to Jonalin Malibago, the Pilipino maid, of ten million and eight hu...
Abused Maid Returns from Bahrain; No Charges Brought Against Sponsor Yet (UPDATED)
December 12th, 2009
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We’ve previously reported about the case of Lakshmi Surampudi, an Indian woman who had worked as a maid in Bahrain. She was abused for years and found malnourished and almost blind after fleeing her sponsor. She was forced to sleep on a towel on the floor, and was “regularly hit, kicked, st...
Op-ed in a Jordanian Daily: We Need to Appreciate Migrant Workers
December 7th, 2009
The following is a translation of an op-ed appeared in the Jordanian daily Al-Dustour this week. Labor Migrants Nazih Elqusus 5 December, 2009 Labor migrants in Jordan are divided into two categories: the first being Arab laborers who come from Egypt and Syria and most of them work in the fields of ...
89 OFWs Awaiting Repatriation from Saudi
December 3rd, 2009
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89 Philippine nationals are waiting to be repatriated from Riyadh, Saudi, after quitting their jobs with a Saudi company due to labour malpractices, according to this article in The Enquirer. Their employer, Annabasan Co., reportedly withheld wages and cut payment illegally. The employees were also ...
Nepal Struggling to Prevent Trafficking of Women to the Gulf
November 30th, 2009
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The 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 problem of trafficking of women to the Gul...
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