Domestic workers in Gulf states face COVID-19 job losses & abuse from recruitment agencies
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 7 Jul 2020
Standort: Saudi Arabien
Unternehmen
Almuhait Recruitment - RecruiterBetroffen
Total individuals affected: 9
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - Kenia , Agenturen für Hauspersonal , Gender not reported ) , Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - Uganda , Agenturen für Hauspersonal , Gender not reported )Themen
Gewaltakte , Recht auf Nahrung , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Restricted mobility , Withholding Passports , Personal Health , Verweigerung der FreizügigkeitAntwort
Antwort erbeten: Ja, von Journalist
Ergriffene Maßnahmen: After the New York Times contacted Almuhait Recruitment about the women's situation, several of the women, including the pregnant woman, were taken to hospital for medical checkups and COVID-19 tests. The Kenyan ambassador to Saudi Arabia stated that it was the responsibility of Saudi Arabia to ensure the safety of migrant workers there. The NYT report states that it is the responsibility of the agency that recruited the Kenyan women in Kenya to help them home; the agency is no longer answering its phone or responding to messages.
Art der Quelle: News outlet
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 7 Jul 2020
Standort: Saudi Arabien
Andere
Not Reported ( Agenturen für Hauspersonal ) - RecruiterBetroffen
Total individuals affected: 1
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( 1 - Philippinen , Agenturen für Hauspersonal , Gender not reported )Themen
Restricted mobility , Recht auf Nahrung , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Personal Health , Verweigerung der FreizügigkeitAntwort
Response sought: Nein
Ergriffene Maßnahmen: None reported.
Art der Quelle: News outlet
"In Arab States, coronavirus pandemic traps African domestic workers who fin themselves unemployed, abused," 7 Jul 2020
Nine African women lost their jobs as domestic workers in Saudi Arabia because of the coronavirus lockdown, the agency that had recruited them [imprisoned them]...
since March. One is now six months pregnant but receiving no maternity care. Another tore her clothes off in a fit of distress, so the agency chained her to a wall.
The women receive food once a day... but don’t know when they [can] return to their countries...
For the Kenyan women, the agency that recruited them in Kenya is responsible for helping them return home... [it] is no longer answering its phone or responding to messages...
The women said they had been locked up by their Saudi agency, Almuhait Recruitment. It did not respond to requests for comment...
After The New York Times contacted Almuhait Recruitment about the women’s situation on Sunday... several of the women, including the pregnant woman, had been taken to a hospital for medical checkups and COVID-19 tests.