OUR CASES
Cases of Kafala Abuse in Lebanon.
February 19, 2020
Jenny’s employer died and his brother was planning to take her to the agency against her wishes. We advocated for her repatriation and she was sent home.
August 15, 2019
Thanks to pressure from This Is Lebanon, Doreen’s employers finally let her return home on 7 June, 2019. She left Lebanon with $1,000 in cash and $9,197 paid via Western Union in four separate payments. No wonder Doreen was dancing with joy when she got home.
April 23, 2019
Keriya’s family contacted This Is Lebanon on 23 December 2018. They were worried because Keriya, an Ethiopian national, had been in Lebanon for six years. She had finished her contract. Why hadn’t she come home? Why hadn’t she sent them any money for six months?
June 1, 2018
Halima was a slave for Ibtissam Saade for 10 whole years – not a single phone call to her husband and three young daughters. Constant physical and verbal abuse.
April 13, 2018
Lensa reveals all about Eleanore Couture’s abuse and enslavement of migrant domestic workers in order to make their dresses. This story goes far beyond dresses.