Encounters between migrants and citizens are generally presented as those between migrants and civil society organizations, or between migrants and their employers, sponsors, or government officials. Joey Ayoub shares the unique perspective he held as a Lebanese in Madagascar – as a citizen fr…
GAMCA closes facilities in Nepal
January 3rd, 2012
The closure of GCC Approved Medical Centres Association (GAMCA) facilities in Nepal is preventing workers from obtaining visas for employment in the Gulf. Last week, GAMCA shut down all 12 medical centers in Nepal after attacks on its Kathmandu office. According to the Chairman of GAMCA Nepal, 25 pe...
Three Indonesian migrants saved from death penalty
January 1st, 2012
Three Indonesian housemaids have been granted a stay of execution in Saudi Arabia. The Migrant Worker Task Force, an Indonesian agency empowered to deal with death sentences in Saudi, accompanied one released woman to Jakarta yesterday. The remaining migrants will return to Indonesia within two we...
IOM requests funding to repatriate Ethiopian migrants in Yemen
December 29th, 2011
Thousands of Ethiopian migrants face inhabitable conditions in the Northern Yemeni city of Hadra. Living in open spaces, the migrants have no access to food, water, or sanitation facilities. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has successfully repatriated over 6,000 migrants this year...
Snail-paced repatriation of OFWs in Syria hit; PH govt. urged ‘to draw evacuation and repatriation lessons’ from MENA upheavals
December 27th, 2011
A Filipino migrants’ rights group today scored the Philippine government for what it says a ‘snail-paced repatriation of OFWs’ since the conflict escalated in Syria early this year. Migrante-Middle East regional coordinator and Kapatiran sa Gitnang Silangan (KGS – Brotherhood in the Middle E...
Lebanon: 20-year old Ethiopian domestic worker “falls” from 3rd floor, dies
December 27th, 2011
Lebanese National News Agency reported today that in the region of Haddath (South-East of Beirut), 20-year old Ethiopian domestic worker, Hana Ashalohaili, “fell” from the 3rd floor balcony of her employer’s house, Sarkis Antonios Ibrahim Boutros. She died and her body was immediat...
Indonesia attempts to secure reprieve for Tuti Tursilawati
December 26th, 2011
Abusive employers Prisoners Saudi Arabia
Tuti Tursilawati, 27, is an Indonesian migrant on death row. Her story is like many others: left to wander the parameters of Saudi Arabia’s discriminatory judicial system with sporadic aid from her own government, she agonizingly awaits to hear her fate: last-minute amnesty or execution via d...
Another GAMCA victim steps forward
December 23rd, 2011
Victims of GAMCA (Gulf Medical Association) practices refuse to be silenced. Migrant Rights recently featured the struggles of Yanita and Mark, once hopeful migrant workers whose debilitating experiences with GAMCA’s discriminatory Tuberculosis (TB) policies prompted them to share their stories. D...
Indonesia Maintains Ban on Dispatch of Migrant Workers to Middle East
December 21st, 2011
The Indonesian Manpower and Transmigration minister confirmed on Sunday that that the government will not be lifting a moratorium on the dispatch of migrant workers to the Middle East due to poor work conditions. Speaking with residents of Indramayu, West Java, the minister, Muhaimin Iskandar stated...
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