UPDATES TO KAFALA
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July 10, 2018 | English
A protest against the kafala system in Beirut, Lebanon in 2018.
June 26, 2018 | English
(Beirut) – Qatar should enact further reforms on working hours, a safe working environment, inspections, and recruitment fees to protect migrant domestic workers, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
June 18, 2018 | English
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said it is coordinating with the governments of Saudi Arabia and Lebanon after two overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in those countries were found dead allegedly due to suicide.
May 10, 2018 | French
Nombre des « bonnes à tout faire » au Liban sont exploitées par leurs employeurs, qui y sont relativement autorisées par la loi. Esther a rencontré l'une d'entre elles à Beyrouth.
April 19, 2018 | English
When I exited the plane in Beirut last night, I noticed an Ethiopia Airlines plane parked next to ours and thought little of it. But as we walked through the skywalk and then into a long corridor, the sight confronted all arriving passengers.
April 3, 2018 | English
This report investigates the situation of labor in Kuwait and is specialized in monitoring the legal and administrative variables in the field of labor, whether negative or positive. It also examines such variables dimensions and their effect on migrant laborers “non-citizens” as well as their effect on Kuwaiti society, state, economic vision and foreign policy.
March 30, 2018 | French
Après avoir tenté de fuir ses employeurs qui la maltraitaient en sautant du deuxième étage, une jeune ressortissante éthiopienne blessée, hospitalisée et opérée, est ramenée chez ses patrons... dans l’indifférence d’institutions en congé pascal.
March 30, 2018 | English
Tens of demonstrators gathered Thursday evening in front of the Jdeideh home and workspace of a family accused of abusing a migrant domestic worker, asking the judiciary to investigate further.
February 28, 2018 | English
KUWAIT CITY: The murder of a Filipina maid whose body was found in a freezer in Kuwait has triggered outrage and prompted Manila to impose a departure ban for its citizens planning to work in the Gulf state.
February 16, 2018 | Arabic
«نتمنى لك تجربة عمل إيجابية في لبنان». تقول الجملة الختامية لمُقدّمة «الدليل الإرشادي للعاملات المنزليات المُهاجرات في لبنان»، المنشور على موقع وزارة العمل. لم تصحّ هذه الأمنية على العاملة الأثيوبية التي رمت بنفسها من الطبقة السابعة في أحد المباني السكنية في صيدا قبل يومين.