22 Apr 2026
In the crosshairs of someone else’s war
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 22 Apr 2026
Standort: Vereinigte Arabische Emirate
Unternehmen
Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC) - Other Value Chain EntityBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , Öl, Gas & Kohle , Men , Unknown migration status )Themen
Occupational Health & Safety , Denial of leave , Restricted mobility , Einbehalten von Ausweisdokumenten , Mentale GesundheitAntwort
Stellungnahme angefragt: Ja, von BHRC
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Ergriffene Maßnahmen: ADNOC responded to BHRC.
Art der Quelle: NGO
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 22 Apr 2026
Standort: Katar
Unternehmen
Qatar Airways - Other Value Chain EntityBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , Sicherheitsfirmen , Geschlecht nicht angegeben , Unknown migration status )Themen
Denial of leave , Occupational Health & SafetyAntwort
Stellungnahme angefragt: Ja, von BHRC
Ergriffene Maßnahmen: The company did not respond.
Art der Quelle: NGO
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 22 Apr 2026
Standort: Vereinigte Arabische Emirate
Unternehmen
Abu Dhabi Airports - Other Value Chain EntityBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - Nepal , Sicherheitsfirmen , Men , Unknown migration status ) , Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - Indien , Sicherheitsfirmen , Geschlecht nicht angegeben , Unknown migration status )Themen
Tote , Occupational Health & Safety , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Informationszugang , Verweigerung der freien Meinungsäußerung , Verletzungen , Ownership of Property & PossessionsAntwort
Stellungnahme angefragt: Ja, von BHRC
Ergriffene Maßnahmen: The company did not respond to BHRC.
Art der Quelle: NGO
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 22 Apr 2026
Standort: Kuwait
Unternehmen
Kuwait Oil Company - Other Value Chain EntityBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , Bau , Men , Unknown migration status )Themen
Occupational Health & SafetyAntwort
Stellungnahme angefragt: Ja, von BHRC
Ergriffene Maßnahmen: The company did not respond to BHRC.
Art der Quelle: NGO
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 22 Apr 2026
Standort: Katar
Unternehmen
Shikoku Electric Power - Other Value Chain Entity , Korea Overseas Infrastructure & Urban Development (KIND) - Other Value Chain Entity , Korea Southern Power (KOSPO) - Other Value Chain Entity , Sumitomo Corporation (part of Sumitomo Group) - Other Value Chain EntityBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , Versorgungsunternehmen: Allgemein , Geschlecht nicht angegeben , Unknown migration status ) , Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - Nepal , Bau , Men , Unknown migration status )Themen
Personalbeschaffungsgebühren , Debt Bondage , Occupational Health & Safety , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure TimeAntwort
Stellungnahme angefragt: Ja, von BHRC
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Ergriffene Maßnahmen: BHRC invited the companies that are part of the international consortium to respond; responses were received from Sumitomo Corporation and Shikoku Electric Power.
Art der Quelle: NGO
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 22 Apr 2026
Standort: Katar
Andere
Not Reported ( Finanzwesen & Banking ) - Other Value Chain EntityBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , Sicherheitsfirmen , Men , Unknown migration status )Themen
Occupational Health & Safety , Denial of leaveAntwort
Stellungnahme angefragt: Nein
Art der Quelle: NGO
…Although his employer Explorer for Employment Services assigned him to work in one of the locations targeted by Iran in Abu Dhabi, he said they didn’t explain any potential safety risks before joining. “I wouldn’t have come here if they had told me that gas plants were being targeted,” he said. “Now, I can neither quit my job nor work without fear.”…
After the attack, the refinery was temporarily shut down. His work was paused for nearly two weeks. Then his employer asked him to continue working again. But Bishal was still afraid, as the aerial attacks kept happening around his worksite. So he asked for extended leave, which the company denied. “They said, ‘It’s already normal now,’ so I had to go back to work,” he said. “It’s a dangerous area to work [in], but what to do? The company doesn’t understand.”
The situation of a Nepali migrant worker in Saudi Arabia is also similar. Bisun works in Ras Tanura, along the coast of the Persian Gulf, and has witnessed multiple drone attacks around his worksite. Several of them were intercepted over the sea in front of his eyes, and some debris dropped around his workplace…