22 Apr 2026
In the crosshairs of someone else’s war
Summary
Date Reported: 22 Apr 2026
Location: United Arab Emirates
Companies
Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC) - Other Value Chain EntityAffected
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , Oil, gas & coal , Men , Unknown migration status )Issues
Occupational Health & Safety , Denial of leave , Restricted mobility , Retention of identity documents , Mental HealthResponse
Response sought: Yes, by BHRC
Story containing response: (Find out more)
Action taken: ADNOC responded to BHRC.
Source type: NGO
Summary
Date Reported: 22 Apr 2026
Location: Qatar
Companies
Qatar Airways - Other Value Chain EntityAffected
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , Security companies , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )Issues
Denial of leave , Occupational Health & SafetyResponse
Response sought: Yes, by BHRC
Action taken: The company did not respond.
Source type: NGO
Summary
Date Reported: 22 Apr 2026
Location: United Arab Emirates
Companies
Abu Dhabi Airports - Other Value Chain EntityAffected
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( Number unknown - Nepal , Security companies , Men , Unknown migration status ) , Migrant & immigrant workers: ( Number unknown - India , Security companies , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )Issues
Deaths , Occupational Health & Safety , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Access to Information , Freedom of Expression , Injuries , Ownership of Property & PossessionsResponse
Response sought: Yes, by BHRC
Action taken: The company did not respond to BHRC.
Source type: NGO
Summary
Date Reported: 22 Apr 2026
Location: Kuwait
Companies
Kuwait Oil Company - Other Value Chain EntityAffected
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , Construction , Men , Unknown migration status )Issues
Occupational Health & SafetyResponse
Response sought: Yes, by BHRC
Action taken: The company did not respond to BHRC.
Source type: NGO
Summary
Date Reported: 22 Apr 2026
Location: Qatar
Companies
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 EntityAffected
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , Utilities: General , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status ) , Migrant & immigrant workers: ( Number unknown - Nepal , Construction , Men , Unknown migration status )Issues
Recruitment Fees , Debt Bondage , Occupational Health & Safety , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure TimeResponse
Response sought: Yes, by BHRC
Story containing response: (Find out more)
Action taken: BHRC invited the companies that are part of the international consortium to respond; responses were received from Sumitomo Corporation and Shikoku Electric Power.
Source type: NGO
Summary
Date Reported: 22 Apr 2026
Location: Qatar
Other
Not Reported ( Finance & banking ) - Other Value Chain EntityAffected
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , Security companies , Men , Unknown migration status )Issues
Occupational Health & Safety , Denial of leaveResponse
Response sought: No
Source type: 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…