Ethiopian girls, like Aster, have flocked to the Middle East to work as nannies, caregivers and housekeepers for many years. Driven by Ethiopia’s rising living prices and unemployment, lots of of hundreds have gone to Saudi Arabia, Lebanon and Kuwait. But what many discover, activists and home employees say, is a cycle of exploitation and modern-day slavery that’s laborious to flee.
In Lebanon, the place as many as 400,000 Ethiopians reside, migrant employees are additionally excluded from the protections of the nation’s labour legal guidelines – placing their lives and livelihood vulnerable to abuse and exploitation.