News & Reports
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Covid-19
Community groups struggle to meet rising needs among Oman’s migrant workers
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Covid-19
Domestic Workers: Bearing the Brunt of Invisibility, Isolation and Inequality
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Covid-19
UAE not “making it happen” for its migrants
As parts of the country begin to re-open, low-income migrants are still bearing the brunt of the economic crisis.
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Covid-19
GCC states urged to protect migrant workers amid Covid19 crisis
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Covid-19
Migrants take their own lives as Covid19’s psychological impact worsens
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Covid-19
Decades of migration mismanagement has Saudi scampering to contain the spread
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Covid-19
With banks and money transfer agents closed, migrants struggle to send money home
Amid the coronavirus outbreak, the financial exclusion of migrant workers and their families has been thrown into sharp relief.
In Brief
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In our op-ed for Al Jazeera, we urge Gulf countries to better protect migrant workers in their Covid-19 response.
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Gulf countries are moving to ease restrictions put in place to contain COVID-19 virus despite high infection rates.
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Associate Editor and Director of Projects Vani Saraswathi discusses the condition of foreign domestic workers amid the Covid19 crisis with the Institute of Human Rights and Business (podcast).
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The Latest Statistics
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92%
of domestic workers are not in possession of their passports, according to the Kuwait Society for Human Rights.
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63.5 hours
weekly average for domestic workers in Saudi, the second highest in the world.
Migrant-Rights.org Campaigns
Migrant Worker Recruitment to the Gulf: Challenges and Solutions
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In our op-ed for Al Jazeera, we urge Gulf countries to better protect migrant workers in their Covid-19 response.
Read more -
Gulf countries are moving to ease restrictions put in place to contain COVID-19 virus despite high infection rates.
Read more -
Associate Editor and Director of Projects Vani Saraswathi discusses the condition of foreign domestic workers amid the Covid19 crisis with the Institute of Human Rights and Business (podcast).
Read more
