UAE: 250 migrant workers left unpaid & dependent on charitable aid after company closed
الملخص
Date Reported: 24 يونيو 2020
الموقع: الإمارات العربية المتحدة
أخرى
Not Reported ( Sector not reported/applicable ) - Employerالفئة المتأثرة
Total individuals affected: 250
عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - بنجلاديش - Sector unknown , Gender not reported ) , عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - الهند - Sector unknown , Gender not reported ) , عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - باكستان - Sector unknown , Gender not reported )القضايا
الحق في الغذاء , Failing to renew visas , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditionsالرد
Response sought: لا
الإجراءات المتخذة: The workers had been supported by Taijitu House of Om in Dubai and await repatriation flights.
نوع المصدر: News outlet
"Coronavirus: Volunteers feed hundreds of Sharjah labourers left out of work," 22 Jun 2020
A spiritual centre in Dubai is delivering food to about 250 unemployed labourers.
Volunteers... said many of the men had not been paid since their employer went out of business last year.
The coronavirus outbreak has only deepened their plight and many in the Sharjah accommodation site now await repatriation flights...
Its residents are 250 men from Pakistan, India and Bangladesh who say they were stranded in the UAE last August after their company closed.
They have survived from donations, unable to afford repatriation flights.