By 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 month to discuss OFWs woes and other concerns.
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Migrante Prepares To Meet With Filipine Vice President To Discuss OFW Woes
January 10th, 2011
Abusive employers General Housemaids Rape Working conditions
Philippine Embassy Criticised for Failure to Help Distressed OFW Senior Citizens in Saudi
December 25th, 2010
General Women Working conditions
Riyadh, 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 of ...
PH govt. failed to perform its commitment in the UN Convention for the Protection of the rights of Migrants
December 17th, 2010
General Workers Working conditions
December 18 is International Migrants Day Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -Today is December 18; it was the same date on the year 1990 when member nation-states of the United Nations signed on theInternational Convention for the Protection of the Rights of all Migrants Workers and Members of their Families. Th...
The Unrecognised: The life of migrant workers in Bahrain’s construction industry
December 17th, 2010
Bahrain Gulf Sponsorship Working conditions
Introduction The Middle East has become famous for its images of luxury, associated with its large variety of tall and beautiful buildings. For a foreigner from the West, owning a home in Dubai and Bahrain is synonymous with the epitome of wealth and class. Migrant workers exist in all forms of lif...
The Plight of Maids in Saudi Arabia
December 15th, 2010
Abusive employers Housemaids Rape Saudi Arabia Slavery Working conditions
Daughters 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 become willful collaborato...
Migrant Workers under the “Kafala” System in the GCC
November 23rd, 2010
Abusive employers Gulf Housemaids Recruitment Agencies Saudi Arabia Slavery Sponsorship Suicide UAE Workers Working conditions
by Salim Essaid 36 year old Kikim Komalasari’s murder has lead to an investigation by the Indonesian government to look into the details of this migrant worker who was found in a dumpster in the town of Abha, Saudi Arabia. Kikim was a housemaid allegedly slashed across the neck by her employers in...
3 Overseas Filipino workers die in Dubai fire
November 10th, 2010
General UAE Working conditions
by Angel L. Tesorero, Migrante-UAE chapter Dubai, UAE – Three overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) died and one remains in critical condition when a fire razed a makeshift room built on the rooftop of a 3-storey building in Al Satwa, Dubai early Saturday morning (UAE time), according to a report by M...
Lebanon: Ethiopian domestic worker dies while attempting to escape
November 6th, 2010
Housemaids Lebanon Working conditions
Lebanon’s National News Agency reported today that an Ethiopian domestic worker tried to escape from the house of her employers in Bshamoun, tying bed sheets together and using them as a rope, and climbing down from the 6th floor balcony. The “rope” sheets cut and the Ethiopian gir...
Migrant group urges PHL Vice-President to take the lead attending OFWs cases
November 2nd, 2010
Abusive employers Gulf Suicide Workers Working conditions
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – After criticizing the Philippine posts in Saudi Arabia and in the Middle East for not even acknowledging several cases that have been endorsed by its rights and welfare officers, Migrante-Middle East appealed to Vice President Jejomar Binay to take the lead by directing ...
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