In July 2006, a blaze at a labour camp in Gudaibiya left 16 Indian workers dead. The workers were made to live in a squalid, overcrowded camp, with outrageously poor facilities. Not only were appropriate safety measures ignored, but the windows were sealed shut, limiting the workers’ means of escape.

Angered, the 200 surviving workers took [...]

Many domestic workers have been abused in Saudi Arabia. In fact the situation is so bad that some maids are even beaten to death. The country has yet to react in an effective manner, and for at least a decade it has been unresponsive to common reports of abuse. Earlier last month the Saudi government [...]

We have documented a wide range of articles concerning abuse against Sri Lankan workers. The government of Sri Lanka is reacting to the large and increasing amount of abuse cases by limiting the number of Sri Lankan workers coming to work in the Arab world, where abuse against maids is common. This is proof of [...]

After days of violent protests that left tens injured and hundreds arrested and facing an imminent threat of deportation, workers in Kuwait ended a violent strike that was sparked by their poor living conditions. he workers, mostly of Bangladeshi origin, destroyed equipment and assaulted workers demanding an improvement of work conditions and a commitment from [...]

As much as our governments and society at large try to deny it, millions of housemaids are living in deplorable conditions within the Gulf area. People are becoming increasingly aware of their horrid situation, yet locally, many remain silent. For the past few years, cases having to do with migrant/expat workers in the Middle East [...]

Every summer in the UAE (where temperatures can reach a staggering 50 degrees Celsius), doctors brace themselves to receiving hundreds of patients suffering from heat exhaustion. Many of the workers, originating from countries where the climate is not as harsh, lose their lives.
Although the Ministry of Labour has enforced a nation-wide summer mid-day break [...]

In what could be the one of the worst cases of poor accommodation ever reported in the UAE, over 200 labourers in the Emirati city of Dubai were discovered to be living in cardboard boxes for over three months. Their plight was only discovered after the worker’s refusal to work last weekend, in protest against [...]

There is hope for female migrant workers in Lebanon:
Why maids are a priority for Lebanese NGOs:
As a middle-income country populated by enterprising people, Lebanon is bursting with NGOs working on every issue imaginable, from the reconstruction of Nahr al Bared refugee camp to the promotion of eco-tourism in its beautiful green hills.
But there is one [...]

Sandeep Singh Grewal - AHN Middle East Correspondent
Manama, Bahrain (AHN) - Being a maid here equals money troubles and misery. That sums up what many domestic workers go through after they leave their countries to earn a better living for their families, according to a union official.
Bahrain, like many other Gulf Cooperation Council states, is [...]

Last Friday, over 3,000 migran workers at a factory in the Emirati city of Ras Al Khaimah were detained for rioting. The workers, incited by the poor quality of food they were provided with, wreaked havoc in the factory and burnt nearby vehicles, before riot police were brought in from the nearby Emirate of Dubai.
Although [...]