Health and Safety

The Cost of Good Health for Kuwait’s Migrant Workers

Saudi Arabia

Crackdown on “azad” visa holders in Saudi Arabia 

Recruitment

Exorbitant fees entrap Ugandan workers in the GCC

Domestic Workers

Kenyan domestic worker with debilitating injuries due to abuse awaits justice in Qatar

Legislation

Migrant workers to be included in UAE’s new unemployment insurance scheme

Health and Safety

GCC states fail to investigate migrant workers deaths despite increasing numbers

Covid-19

Qatar Vaccination Centre temporary staff not paid

Detention & Deportation

Out with the old

Domestic Workers

Qatar introduces nationality-based cap on recruitment fees for DWs

Wage Protection System

Bahrain begins the final phase of its “Wage Protection System”

Detention & Deportation

Religious and caste affiliations don’t give space for fight for labour rights in the GCC

Legislation

Kuwait officially lifts its ban on expats aged over 60 without a degree

Domestic Workers

UN draws attention to trafficking of Vietnamese women to Saudi

Non-Kuwaiti government employees not paid end of service benefits

Qatar

Job mobility in Qatar is still a mirage despite reforms; domestic workers most affected

Detention & Deportation

“We cried and begged”

UAE

UAE turns a blind eye to rampant abuse of its visit visa; employer-pays model only on paper

Health and Safety

Migrant workers suffer most in Kuwait’s extreme heat

Detention & Deportation

What happens when no one’s looking?

Qatar

“Free speech is expensive, free speech is effective.”

Recruitment

Project visas misused to bypass QVC regulations

Business & Human Rights

Qatar’s luxury hotels fall well short of protecting rights of migrant workers

Covid-19

Oman’s discriminatory vaccine policies

Covid-19

Qatar Quarantine Ordeals

Letters to MR

PowerMech Engineering, Al Sahr Holding Group, Doha, Qatar

Bahrain

“Do governments see CSOs as partners or as troublemakers?”

Covid-19

My father is not a statistic

Covid-19

Op-ed: Community transmission in Kuwait hits migrant workers hardest

Workers in Qatar strike

Domestic Workers

Gulf Media Continues to Normalise Abuse of Domestic Workers

Editorial

Op-Ed: When Social Media Fuels the Exploitation of Workers

Detention & Deportation

Walk Their Path: Take a journey in the footsteps of a migrant worker

Domestic Workers

UAE: New Draft of Domestic Worker Law pending approval

Business & Human Rights

Stranded Serbian Workers Deported from Kuwait for Complaining

Legal cases

Saudi has the resources to punish protesting workers, but not to protect or repay them

Op Ed

You Took My Life First: the Stigma of Mental Illness Against Migrants in the Gulf

GCC

Neighboring Tragedy and Looking Away: The Role of the Gulf in Syria

Domestic Workers

World Day of Social Justice: A Glance at Domestic Workers in the GCC

Kuwait

Migrants Accused of aiding Political Enemies

Saudi Arabia

Saudi men earn 215% more than non-Saudi men and Saudi women earn 145% than non-Saudi women.

Domestic Workers

Migrants account for 99.6% and 94.8% of all domestic workers/personal assistances in Saudi and the UAE

Bahrain

Domestic workers comprise 10.2 of the total work force and 36.6 of the total female work force in Bahrain

GCC

Trafficking victims in MENA pay an estimated $500 million dollars in recruiting fees each year

Domestic Workers

Sri Lankan domestic workers earn 1/5 of of Saudi’s private sector minimum wage

Domestic Workers

$147 is the minimum wage for domestic workers in Kuwait

Oman

More than one third of Oman’s migrants work in construction

Working conditions

Up to 30 people a day admitted into just one medical complex in Bahrain

In 2007, Kuwait’s MOSAL received 14,840 complaints about unpaid wages and benefits by migrant workers

90% of all Kuwaiti households employ a foreign domestic worker

96% of Emirati families employ domestic workers to take care of their children.

Domestic workers in Kuwait earn less than 20% of the average national wage

Domestic Workers in Qatar Earn Less than 30% of the average national wage

Bahrain

427 deaths among the Gulf’s Nepali Workers

General

Kuwait deports migrants with infectious diseases

Oman

249 deported from Oman in one week

Legislation

94% of Qatar's Labour Force is Foreign and Violated

Research

Kuwait: 67 thousand residencies cancelled in 2012

Research

656 thousand migrants deported from Saudi Arabia

GCC

Charity VS Labour Protections in the Gulf

Research

Saudi's Poor Rationale for Banning Ethiopian Domestic Workers

Israel

Campaign Targets Israel’s Detention of Asylum Seekers

Documentation

Kuwait Continues Fierce Crackdown on Migrant Workers

Legal cases

Dubai Police Restate Link Between Crime & Employer Abuse

Bahrain

Bahrain's Proposed Reforms Misdirected

Legislation

Saudi's VoIP Bans Hits Migrant Workers Hardest

GCC

Let's not be blinded by the "bright side"

Documentation

Migrant Abuse: May Roundup

GCC

(Update) Surprising Flexibility in Saudi's Long Awaited Amnesty

Legislation

Saudi Arabia Abolishes "Huroob" Status

Prisoners

Saudi King Pardons Migrants, But This Is Not Enough.

Legislation

Saudi's Injudicious Nitaqat Implementation

Documentation

UAE Dangerously Trivializes ILO's Trafficking Report

Documentation

Overview: ILO Report on Human Trafficking in the Middle East

GCC

GCC Members: Reconsider Crackdowns And Deportations

GCC

Contesting Racially Stratified Wages in the GCC

Research

Kuwait's Ineffective and Inequitable Crackdown on Undocumented Workers

Domestic Workers

UPDATE: Mentally Troubled Maids at Risk for Execution in Saudi

Legal cases

Saudi Arabia: Bangladeshi Migrant Worker in Distress

Domestic Workers

Why is Saudi Arabia forcibly returning absconded workers to their sponsors?

Documentation

GAMCA Controversy Update

MR Site

Migrant Rights Launches in Bangla

GCC

Amar Bahadur Bam: Casualty of UAE's deficient legal system

Domestic Workers

Gulf Media: Where Racism and Classism Meet

GCC

GAMCA closes facilities in Nepal

GCC

StopGAMCA.org

Research

The Philippines withdraws ban on the deployment of Filipino workers to 41 countries with poor working standards

GCC

Another Story of TB and Discrimination

GCC

Philippines toughens rules for maids in Gulf – can it make a difference?

News & Events

Kaisa Ka (Unity of Women for Freedom)

Jordan

Family of a maid who died in Jordan demanding investigation

Videos

Our new video promoting migrant rights in the Middle East

MR Site

Our new video promoting migrant rights in the Middle East

Lebanon

Satirical Tourism Ads Highlight the Mistreatment of Migrant Domestic Workers in Lebanon

Bahrain

Bahrain Further Restricts Migrant Rights while Publicly Expressing Concern for Migrants

Housemaids

UAE: Two Suicides of Ethiopian Women in One Day

Housemaids

Modern-Day Slave Trade in Kuwaiti Papers

Israel

Is Any Country in The Middle East Safe for Migrant Workers?

Interviews

Elementary School Students in Lebanon Tackle Abuse of Domestic Workers

Bahrain

Migrant Workers in the Gulf: A Historical Perspective (video)

Domestic Workers

UAE: Maid jailed for being raped, another is repeatedly raped by a policeman

Abusive employers

UAE: Maid arrested after escaping abuse, set to be deported

Abusive employers

Saudi "Justice": Maid Torturer Acquitted

Research

Is Saudi Arabia Punishing the Philippines for Attempting to Protect its Migrant Workers?

Research

Saudi Sponsor Extorts Family of his Deceased Worker

Death

Kuwaiti Authorities Torture Migrant Workers to Death

Research

UAE: Three Migrant Workers Commit Suicide in One Week

GCC

Where are the Protests for Migrants' Rights?

Abusive employers

Testimonies from Migrant Domestic Workers in Lebanon

Abusive employers

Filipina Maid Describes Her Torture in the Household of a Syrian Actor

Death

African Migrants Targeted by Libyans amid Turmoil

Abusive employers

UAE Slaps Lifetime Work Ban on Abused Filipino Worker

Bahrain

The Unrecognised: The life of migrant workers in Bahrain’s construction industry

Abusive employers

Indonesian maid tortured in Saudi Arabia, another beaten to death

Abusive employers

Sri-Lankan Maids in Kuwait and Jordan Tortured with Nails

Israel

Racism toward African asylum seekers on the rise in Israel

Bahrain

Qatar considers sponsorship system

GCC

Al-Jazeera highlights lack of protection of Filipino migrant workers in the Middle East

GCC

Our Video is up for Viral Video Awards – Help Us by Voting!

Housemaids

Almost every two days a migrant worker commits suicide in Kuwait

Deportation

Nepali workers deported from Qatar for daring to strike

GCC

The Sponsorship System and Domestic Labor in Saudi Arabia

Qatar

Filipino who dumped her baby claims she was raped by Qatari employer

Abusive employers

Saudi Sponsors Suspected of Brutally Murdering Two Asian Maids

GCC

Gulf Migration Takes a Shocking Toll on Nepali Women

GCC

Why Indian Journos Are Quitting the Gulf

Legal cases

Saudi Maid Verdict ‘Outrageous’: HRW

Abusive employers

Sri Lankan maid tortured by Saudi sponsors

Libya

61 Stranded Nepali Migrants Rescued from Libya

Documentation

Photographer Exposes the Unseen Lives of Migrant Domestic Workers in Lebanon

GCC

Short story about migrant workers in the Gulf

Bahrain

On the Globe & Mail’s Optimistic Report about Migrant Rights in the Gulf

Israel

Lack of Empathy Leads to Racism toward African Refugees in Israel

Documentation

Suicides among migrants in Kuwait persist at an alarming rate in June and July

Housemaids

Two Maids Attempt Suicide in Saudi Arabia in One Week

Housemaids

Two Domestic Workers Commit Suicide in Jordan

Research

UAE: Thousands of Laborers Left to Fend for Themselves

Oman

Racism against Migrants is the Norm in Oman

General

‘No force in modern life is as omnipresent yet overlooked’: New York Times article on global migration

Bahrain

Middle Eastern Countries Score Poorly in US Report on Human Trafficking

Interviews

Filipino Workers Rule Saudi Arabia

Bahrain

Local Bahraini official: We must "get rid" of "expatriate parasites"

Housemaids

Horror in the Middle East: Abused Sri Lankan Women Speak Out

Migrants in Media

Emirati paper: UAE "unfairly" targeted for migrant rights abuses

Kuwait

Nepali Women in Danger in Saudi

Legislation

Rights Group Urges ILO to Bring Out Guidelines for Domestic Workers

Research

Jobless in Jeddah: 200 OFWs stranded without pay

Housemaids

Migrant workers continue to commit suicide at an alarming rate in Kuwait

Israel

‘Making the Best of a Bad Situation’: Israel’s Migrant Women Speak Up

Legal cases

Nightmare Continues for Family of Saudi Death Row OFW

Research

Pope Praises the UAE for 'Openness' to Migrants

Research

Dubai Arrests 100 Vietnamese Protestors

Research

500 Migrant Workers on Strike in Mecca

Prison

OFW Severely Beaten on Death Row in Saudi Arabia

Libya

94 Nepalis working as 'Bonded Labourers' for Libyan Construction Company

Housemaids

April 2010: Another Bloody Month for Migrant Workers in Kuwait

Abusive employers

Saudi Sponsors Punish Their Workers by Declaring Them as "Runaways"

Abusive employers

Modern-Day Slavery in Saudi Arabia: Abused and Unpaid Maids "Rented" for Profit

Bahrain

Four Domestic Workers Commit or Attempt Suicide in Bahrain in One Week

Abusive employers

Migrant Domestic Workers in the Middle East: Exploited, Abused and Ignored

GCC

Interview with Kesang Tseten, maker of ‘In Search of the Riyal’

Housemaids

Bill Clinton Claims the UAE Passed Legislation Giving Migrants "a Better Deal"

Abusive employers

Kuwaiti police stands idly by as a sponsor beats his worker

News & Events

Philippines Brings 651 'Distressed' Workers Home From the Gulf

Bahrain

UN High Commissioner in Bahrain; Migrant Rights on the Agenda

Research

Unpaid Pakistani Workers Stranded in Saudi Arabia for Years

Rape

Safe Haven for Indonesian Migrant Babies

GCC

UN High Commisioner Highlights Gulf’s Poor Record on Migrant Rights

Abusive employers

Op-Ed Calls on Saudis to Respect Maids According to the Principles on Islam

Kuwait

Kuwait’s "Arab Times" Apparently Amused by a Maid’s Rape

Housemaids

Saudi Arabia: Five Suicides by Migrant Workers Since the Beginning of April

GCC

Animation: Protect the human rights of migrant workers in the Middle East

Interviews

The Gilded Cage: Syed Ali on the UAE and Migrant Labour

Kuwait

Kuwait Again Promises to Abolish the Sponsorship System, Set Minimum Wage for Migrants

Abusive employers

Increase in Registered Cases of Abuse of Indonesian Maids in Abu Dhabi

Kuwait

Kuwait Doesn't Allow Migrants to Form Labor Unions

Housemaids

Every Two Days a Migrant Worker Attempts or Commits Suicide in Kuwait

Research

A Casket of Dreams: Deaths of Nepali Migrants Overseas

Interviews

Tales from the Gulf’s ‘Back End’

Research

Nepali Labourers Strike in Saudi

Lebanon

Himal Southasian Runs Story on Migrant Suicide Epidemic

Migrants in Media

Saudi’s "Arab Times" Portrays Maids as Abusive Sneaky Witches

Migrants in Media

Disturbing Article in Qatar’s "The Peninsula" Describes Maids as Lazy Liars

Abusive employers

Jordan: Foreign housemaids suffer harassment and abuse

Migrants in Media

Saudi Media Acknowledges that Sponsor Abuse Drives Maids to Suicide

Abusive employers

Modern-Day Slavery in the UAE: Unpaid Filipino Maid Beaten and Starved for Years

Bahrain

The plight of Bangladeshi migrant workers in the Gulf

Bahrain

400 Migrant Workers Strike in Bahrain due to Unpaid Wages

Lebanon

Over 230 Foreigners Languish in Lebanese Prisons after Completing their Terms

Lebanon

Come Protest the Illegal Detention of Migrants and Refugees in Beirut

Bahrain

Bahrain: Two Asian Men Arrested for Rape of an Indonesian Maid

Migrants in Media

Maids Portrayed as Criminals in a UAE Paper

Bahrain

Rights Groups Issue a Statement on Suicides of Migrant Workers in Bahrain

GCC

1800 Filipinos Languish in Saudi Jails

Research

Nepali Men Enslaved in Afghanistan

Research

Migrant Responsibilities: UAE Publishes New Handbook for Guest Workers

Bahrain

Rise in Suicide of Migrant Workers in Bahrain

Abusive employers

The Invisible Majority – Female Migrant Workers

Research

Faded T-Shirts, Faded Dreams: Nepal's Gulf Returnees

Interviews

Chasing the ‘Dubai Dream’: New Novel on Indian Migrants

Housemaids

Abused Migrant Women in Lebanon Fight Back

Housemaids

Saudi mulls ban on Asian housemaids because they 'don't understand our culture'

Abusive employers

Abused and Injured Filipino Maid Trapped in Lebanon

Bahrain

New HRW Report Slams Gulf States for Migrant Abuses

Abusive employers

Thousands of Indonesians Go Without Pay in Mid East

Jordan

Jordan: Bodies of Two Asian Women Found in Dumpster

Abusive employers

UAE: Employer Blackmails his Former Indian Worker

Abusive employers

Indian Worker Kidnapped, Tortured and Starved by his Bahraini Sponsor

Housemaids

Sri Lanka Demands an Investigation into the Murder of an Abused Maid in Saudi Arabia

Bahrain

Indian worker burns himself alive in the third suicide by migrant workers in Bahrain in a week

Prisoners

Raped Filipino Worker Faces Lashing after Miscarriage in Saudi Prison

Housemaids

Two Maids Attempt Suicide in Kuwait

GCC

Qatar a 'Death Trap' for Nepali Migrants

Bahrain

Two Ethiopian Maids Commit Suicide in Bahrain in Less than a Week

Housemaids

Kuwaiti Sponsor Rapes his Maid

Research

Indian Workers Sold Like Animals in Saudi Arabia

General

Indian Migrants Stranded In Afghanistan

Kuwait

Indonesia Demands more Protection for Migrants from Kuwait

Libya

Bangladeshi Workers Go Hungry in Libya

Abusive employers

Filipino Maids in Lebanon Recount Abuse

Housemaids

Kuwait Times Reports about the Wave of Suicides by Maids in the Country

Research

Behind the Glamorous Facade of the Burj Khalifa

Housemaids

Saudi Housewives Investigate their Maids for Suspicion of Using "Black Magic"

Bahrain

Top 5 Migrants' Rights Stories in the Middle East for 2009

Housemaids

Maid Attempts Suicide in Kuwait by Drinking Detergent

Abusive employers

Saudi Arabia: Filipino Maid Abused, Discriminated for her Faith

Lebanon

Philippines to Lift Ban on Sending Workers to Lebanon

Abusive employers

Israeli Migrant Rights NGO Highlights the Real "Survivors"

Research

Saudi Kidnaps and Enslaves Indian Worker

GCC

Remittances: The Reality Behind the 'Shiny' Statistics

GCC

The Impact of the Dubai Financial Crisis on Indian Workers

Legal cases

UAE: Couple Guilty of Forcing Three Women into Prostitution Receives Lenient Sentence

Abusive employers

The dreams of foreign maids in Lebanon turn into nightmares

Abusive employers

Abusive Employer to be Tried in the UAE

Egypt

HRW Overview of Migrant Workers Rights in the Middle East in 2009

Housemaids

Sri Lankan Maid Commits Suicide in Kuwait

Egypt

HRW: Israel is Complicit in Egyptian Abuses of Forcibly Returned Migrants

Housemaids

Indonesian Maid Attempts Suicide in Saudi Arabia

Abusive employers

Iraqi Refugees Face Exploitation in Lebanon

Abusive employers

Abused Maid Returns from Bahrain; No Charges Brought Against Sponsor Yet (UPDATED)

Israel

Israel to Construct a Barrier along the Border with Egypt to Prevent Entry of Migrants

Abusive employers

Op-ed in a Jordanian Daily: We Need to Appreciate Migrant Workers

Kuwait

Kuwait's Parliament to Vote on a New Labor Law that Grants Migrant Workers More Rights

Abusive employers

89 OFWs Awaiting Repatriation from Saudi

Legal cases

Migrants Sue Qatari Employer for Holding Passports

Egypt

Egypt Kills Another African Migrant Attempting to Cross to Israel

Abusive employers

Nepal Struggling to Prevent Trafficking of Women to the Gulf

Abusive employers

Philippine Fact-Finding Mission Calls for a Ban on Sending Maids to the Middle East

Housemaids

Daily Star Reports on the Nepal Deployment Ban to Lebanon

Housemaids

Maid Commits Suicide in Kuwait by Setting Herself on Fire

Oman

Rise in Suicides among Migrant Workers in Oman

Housemaids

Nepal Stops Allowing Women to Leave for Work in Lebanon

Abusive employers

Indonesian Sex Slave in Saudi Arabia Shares her Harrowing Tale

Abusive employers

Kuwait: Two Asian Workers Found Dead; Maid Injured Trying to Escape Abuse

Abusive employers

Abusive Saudi Employer Keeps his Filipino Driver in Jail

Research

Bangladeshi woman is the latest victim of human trafficking in Dubai

Migrants in Media

Racist Cartoon: Gulf Times Publishes Complaint Letters

News & Events

Dubai Labour Camps to get Sewage System

Abusive employers

Two Indian Maids Held Hostage by their Abusive Saudi Sponsor

Migrants in Media

Leading Qatari paper prints a racist anti-migrants cartoon

Housemaids

Lebanon Migrant Deaths 'a National Tragedy'

Research

'Slaves of the Modern Age': A Sri Lankan Perpective

General

Indonesian Government Told to Stop Sending Unskilled Workers Abroad

Israel

Israeli Building Owner Creates a Fire Hazard Leading to Death of 2 Workers

Housemaids

Another Suicide Attempt by a Maid in Kuwait

Israel

Israel's Finance Minister: Migrant Workers are to Blame for Many of Israel's Economic Problems

Bahrain

Bahrain to Transfer Thousands of Migrant Workers to Segregated Areas

Housemaids

Raising the children of raped migrant workers in Indonesia

Abusive employers

Israel: Employer sentenced to 8 years in prison for raping a Filipino worker

Bahrain

Three months after the Sponsorship system in Bahrain was “scrapped”, what really changed?

Housemaids

Kuwait: 8 Suicide or Suicide Attempts by Migrant Workers in 2 Weeks

GCC

Philippine Lawmakers Mull Ban on Middle East Labour

Housemaids

Two More Suicide Attempts by Maids in Kuwait

Abusive employers

Indonesian Maid Tortured by her Saudi Employer

Kuwait

Photographs of the horrible living conditions of migrant workers in Kuwait

News & Events

15 Abused Nepali Women Stranded in Saudi

Iraq

Growing number of migrant workers in Iraq

Housemaids

Ethiopian Maid Attempts Suicide in Kuwait

Research

The "hidden victims" of recession in Dubai: migrant workers

Housemaids

Kuwait: Two Asian Maids Commit Suicide in One Week

Documentation

Saudi Arabia: Hundreds of migrant workers live under a bridge hoping to get deported

Bahrain

Human Rights Watch Criticizes Bahrain’s Government for not Protecting Abused Workers

Kuwait

Indonesia Slaps Ban on Nationals Working in Kuwait, Saudi

Research

هدف هذا المشروع

Research

تهديد فيروس نقص المناعة المكتسبة على النساء المهاجرات

Research

الإمارات العربية المتحدة ترفض توصيات الأمم المتحدة بشأن حقوق العمالة الأجنبية

Housemaids

Lebanon: Four Ethiopian Maids Commit Suicide in 12 Days

Prison

Filipino woman jailed after being raped in Saudi Arabia

Housemaids

Sri Lankan Maid Gang-Raped by Juveniles in Kuwait

Housemaids

UAE: Two Men Conspire to Sell a Pregnant Maid into Prostitution

Abusive employers

Bahraini man who murdered a maid receives a life sentence

Housemaids

UAE: Two Bangladeshi Men Charged with Kidnapping and Raping Filipino Maids

Abusive employers

Bahrain: 38 Indian Workers Protest Against Unpaid Wages

Abusive employers

Bahrain: Police is yet to charge the abusive employers of an Indian maid

Abusive employers

Op-ed in the Gulf Daily News: Lock up rogue sponsors – not their victims!

Housemaids

Lebanon: Ethiopian Maid Commits Suicide

Abusive employers

Bahrain: Police not Doing Enough to Protect Migrant Workers from Abusive Employers

GCC

A View from Nepal: People on the Move

Housemaids

Three Emiratis Arrested for Raping and Murdering Housemaids

Bahrain

Bahrain: Increase in Number of Deaths in Work Sites

News & Events

UN Special Rapporteur Asks UAE to End Racism

Abusive employers

Radisson CSR for migrant workers – kind gesture or missing the point?

News & Events

Gulf is a Death Trap for Nepali Migrants

Kuwait

Kuwait plans to abolish the sponsorship system in a new labor law

Legal cases

UAE: 13-year-old girl and two women from Iraq forced into prostitution

Kuwait

Kuwait: Self-employed foreign workers to be granted self-sponsorship

Abusive employers

The Horrid Conditions of Nepalese Maids in Saudi Arabia

Abusive employers

Bahraini Man Claims that he "Accidentaly" Killed his Maid When Dumping Her Body

Bahrain

Bahrain: Conditions of Migrant Workers have Deteriorated since the Beginning of the Financial Crisis

Abusive employers

Sri Lankan Workers in Bahrain have Nowhere to Turn

Housemaids

Syria: Ethiopian Maid Commits Suicide

Abusive employers

Jordan: Gravelly Ill Indonesian Maid Abandoned by Employer

General

CSR Report Highlights Dire Labour Standards in the Middle East

Kuwait

Abolishing Kuwait's Sponsorship System: A Step Forward?

Business & Human Rights

Qatari Company Fires 529 Nepalis – and Fails to Pay Wages

Abusive employers

Passport Confiscation Still Rife in Middle East

Housemaids

Maid in Morocco

Abusive employers

Asian Maid Tortured to Death in Saudi-Arabia by her Sponsor

General

Kuwaiti Woman Kills Nepali Housemaid with Bathroom Tile

Abusive employers

Bahrain: Detergent abuse ordeal for maid

Bahrain

Bahrain Wife Reports Husband For Not Paying Maid

Research

7 Pakistani worker starve to death during attempt to reach Dubai

General

Workers Stranded Without Pay or Food in Abu Dhabi

GCC

24 Nepalis die in 'unnatural' circumstances in Qatar

General

Indonesia Pulls Migrant Workers out of Jordan

General

Workers on Abu Dhabi Guggenheim Project Exploited

General

New Emirates Advert: Construction Worker ‘Praises’ UAE Labour Conditions

GCC

Nagesh Kukunoor’s ‘Dor’: a tale of migration and connection

General

ILO Report: Exploitation Costs Migrants $21 bn a Year

Bahrain

Bangladeshi Worker Abused by Sponsor

General

Kids to learn about migrant workers through Arabic storybook series

Bahrain

Bahrain Scraps Sponsorship System

General

UAE Torture Tape Prince Accused of 25 More Cases of Abuse

General

Indonesian Maid Suffers Horrific Abuse in Saudi

General

'Indian Worker Suicides Down 41%' in UAE

GCC

Swine Flu Threat to Gulf Labour Camps

General

Lebanon: Domestic workers trapped without passport

News & Events

New UAE media law could threaten reporting on migrant abuses

Bahrain

Urgent: Indian Woman Falsely Imprisoned in Bahrain

GCC

Hell for Migrants: The Dark Side of Dubai

Housemaids

HIV Threat to Migrant Women

General

UAE Rejects UN Recommendations for Migrant Workers' Rights

Bahrain

Bahraini Lawyer Dismisses Rape of Asian Migrant as 'Fun'

Bahrain

Bahrain Labour Camp Upgrade Efforts Stall

General

Overcrowding in Dubai Labour Camps

Interviews

Interview with Helen O’Reilly: Blogging about migration and domestic helpers

Abusive employers

No Law To Protect Domestic Workers

Iraq

Jordan: Local companies sending foreign workers to Iraq against their will

General

‘Figure it out’ – need for more objective reporting on migrant women

GCC

Doctor Who goes to Dubai – a dubious choice?

General

Interview with Nick McGeehan from Mafiwasta

Bahrain

No Action on Bahrain Open Truck Ban

Kuwait

Just In: Nepali Death-Row Maid Spared in Kuwait

GCC

Forgotten Populations: a lack of diplomatic representation adds to Gulf migrants' woes

GCC

Downturn Hits UAE Workers: FT Photostory

General

UN International Migrants Day 2008: Round-up

GCC

‘Gulf Arabs value profit over people’: Migrant worker abuse discussed at Doha Debates

Interviews

Lebanon: Interview on Migrant Workers

Abusive employers

Malaysian jailed for maid attacks

News & Events

Rahma advertisements urge mercy for workers

Bahrain

Bahrain: Workers need Laws, not "Understandings"

Bahrain

Hope for domestic workers in Bahrain? Time will tell

Research

Statistics of Sri Lankan workers in the Middle East

Bahrain

Indian workers and housemaids to get protection in Bahrain

Bahrain

Poor safety causes death of 3 workers in Bahrain

Bahrain

Housemaid killed for refusing to sleep with employer

Lebanon

Migrant workers’ children face marginalisation, racism

GCC

Ghaith Abdul-Ahad: 'We need slaves to build monuments'

GCC

Nepal bans recruitment of maids to Gulf

Bahrain

Housemaid in Bahrain stabbed to death

GCC

Panel seeks to help domestic workers

Abusive employers

Condition of foreign workers in Jordan

GCC

Indonesia moves to protect workers

Bahrain

Workers Legally Entitled To Stay And Work Despite Court Cases

Housemaids

Lebanon: Migrant Domestic Workers Dying Every Week

Legal cases

Foreign maids deserve equal access to justice

Housemaids

A Palestinian woman accused of sheltering runaway maids

Housemaids

Sri Lanka wants maids to go to Europe, avoid Gulf

GCC

Update on Sri Lanka's stance on maids in Saudi Arabia

Abusive employers

Two years on, blaze victims await justice.

GCC

Saudi Arabia: Willing to act against abuse of domestic workers?

GCC

Due to abuse, Sri Lanka sends fewer maids to Arab countries

Abusive employers

Workers in Kuwait end violent strike; Government increases minimum wage

Housemaids

No secret: Housemaids in Gulf subject to abuse

Abusive employers

Construction companies violate midday break rule

Abusive employers

Workers made to live in boxes

Bahrain

Maids Not Aware Of Their Rights And Contract In Bahrain

Abusive employers

Over 3000 migrant workers arrested in the UAE

Abusive employers

Few rights and low pay for migrant workers in Lebanon

Bahrain

Visa ban for Bangladeshis

Housemaids

Runaway maid’s case referred to prosecution

Housemaids

Maid injured in fall from second floor

Housemaids

Worker 'tricked into going to Iraq'

GCC

India Pushes for Worker Rights in Gulf

Abusive employers

More slaves today than at any point in history

Research

Hundreds of workers demand higher wages in UAE

Bahrain

1,300 migrant workers strike in Bahrain over pay

Bahrain

An endearing, hopeful article for a change

Bahrain

Labour Minister using migrant workers as scapegoat for government's economic failures

Housemaids

Sri Lankan maid hangs herself at Dubai airport

Housemaids

Saudi Arabia beheads foreign maid

Bahrain

Labour workers suffering in cold weather

Documentation

Links to devastating cases

Research

UAE: Slavery report

Documentation

Ratification of Human Rights

Documentation

18th December – International Migrant’s Day

Kuwait

Over Hundred Indian Workers protest in front of Embassy

Bahrain

Bahrain rights group highlight migrant worker situation

Kuwait

A Step in the right direction : Amir Communtes Filipina maid’s death sentence

Housemaids

Report: Sri Lankan Maids Overworked

Lebanon

Lebanon's slaves, Lebanon's shame

Kuwait

Chinese laborers stage strike again

Kuwait

Kuwait: Chinese workers protest, demand six months pay

Abusive employers

Suicide is where it all ends!

Kuwait

Suicides become resort to relief among migrants

Lebanon

Maids ‘held prisoner’ in Lebanon

Slavery

Quote of the day

General

Striking Workers in Dire Condition

Bahrain

Enhancing social protection of Bangladeshi migrants

GCC

Condition of Indian workers in Gulf pitiable

GCC

No domestic bliss

Bahrain

Bangla workers most vulnerable

GCC

Sri Lanka abuse 'rampant' in Gulf

GCC

Gulf states 'fail to curb abuse of maids'

UAE

Bridge collapse in Dubai kills 7 workers and injures 15

Kuwait

Family of Condemmed Filipina (Marilou Ronario) seeks help

GCC

Yet another strike for their rights

UAE

Is Deportation the Answer ?

Domestic Workers

Filipino worker beaten/locked up for refusing to be a maid

GCC

No safety for construction workers

GCC

Now Free, Unpaid Lankan Maid Just Wants to Go Home

Saudi Arabia

Tortured maid in serious condition after amputation of her limbs

GCC

8 Years of Forced Labor

GCC

Al Jazeera documents migrant rights abuses in the Gulf

Bahrain

Labourer, plumber, tailor…

Bahrain

Scared to return home

Bahrain

Surviving on borrowed time

Saudi Arabia

2 Indonesian Maids Beaten to Death

Abusive employers

Al Jazeera reports – Maids in a living hell

Slavery

Abuse of Indonesian Maids

Bahrain

Nepalis nightmare in the Gulf

Bahrain

Memory remains

Bahrain

Protect them from heat

Bahrain

Shocking!

Lebanon

Another maid commits suicide in Lebanon

Saudi Arabia

Sri Lankan maid facing execution in Saudi Arabia

Bahrain

Six month amnesty will be successful

Bahrain

Why?

Bahrain

Target: Migrant Workers

Bahrain

Maid to suffer

Bahrain

Manna from heaven for immigrant workers

Bahrain

Midday Heat Escape for Workers

Bahrain

A Story of A Legal Slave

News & Events

A Step Forward

Bahrain

Interview with migrant workers in Bahrain

Saudi Arabia

Insurance for Maids Under Study

GCC

India to ban maid emigration to Gulf states and Africa

Bahrain

Stranded prisoners attempt suicide

Iraq

Migrants fall into hardship in Iraq

Bahrain

Bahraini parliament moves to segregate migrants from citizens

Lebanon

Hundreds of Filipino workers return home

Abusive employers

Transporting Workers

Bahrain

Migrant Workers in Bahrain and the problems they face

Bahrain

Wedding proposal lands maid in jail

Abusive employers

The sad plight of migrant domestic workers in Lebanon

Bahrain

Another Horrorific, Yet Avoidable Accident

GCC

180 Workers to be Deported

UAE

Meet Zia

GCC

Maid Murdered – Sponsorship or Slavery?

Women

Sri Lankan maids abused in Middle East

Working conditions

Maid abuse case shocks Malaysia

Bahrain

Housemaids 'must be given rights'

GCC

Dubai court jails couple for torturing maid

GCC

UAE Labor

GCC

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