U.N. report finds migrant workers in Qatar still exploited
From Freedom United
| July 19, 2020 News Digest |
OUR CAMPAIGN ISSUES IN THE NEWS
| Forced labor U.N. report shows migrant workers in Qatar still suffer under kafala Migrant workers in Qatar, tens of thousands of whom are working on World Cup related projects, continue to face exploitation and structural racial discrimination. A new report by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on racism found that the kafala system of employment, notoriously linked to exploitation and modern slavery, persists in the country and continues to systematically disempower low-paid migrant workers. Read more… |
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| Survivor of kafala-linked abuse in Lebanon returns home to Nigeria Ariwolo Olamide Temitope is finally home. The Nigerian domestic worker, 31, previously escaped her employers in Lebanon after documenting physical abuse. But as she was about to board her flight home in May, she was detained, accused of attempted murder of her employers, and forced to endure six weeks of isolation in a detention center. Read more… |
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| Amnesty scheme fails to adequately protect migrant workers in Italy Scrambling to protect the country’s agricultural industry, which relies heavily on the labor of undocumented migrant workers, the Italian government introduced a 6-month amnesty in May. But it has thus far failed to gain traction, and a spate of violence against migrants and refugees has underscored that they remain insufficiently protected. Read more… |
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