“Kuwait expels 127 Bangladeshi workers following wage protest”

…130 Bangladeshi workers were deported from Kuwait after they approached a local police station to protest five months of unpaid wages. Instead of receiving help, the workers were reportedly detained and deported on July 30th…

….Al-Seyassah/Arab Times met with the envoy of Bangladesh and the embassy’s labor wing chief to investigate the chain of events that led to the deportation of 127 Bangladeshi nationals, highlighting yet another grim chapter of migrant workers. Al-Seyassah/Arab Times has since launched an in-depth investigation into the matter….

127 Bangladeshi workers were deported from Kuwait after staging a protest over five months of unpaid wages. The group had gathered outside Fintas police station to file a formal complaint against their employer…50 Indian and 30 Nepali expatriates were also detained during the protest….The deportees were not even allowed to return to their accommodations to collect their personal belongings before being escorted to the airport…

….[The] Kuwait based company has a history of delaying employee wages….

….from March to July this year, workers against went unpaid….

…the company owner was contacted. He agreed to pay one month’s salary immediately and promised to settle the remaining dues over three instalments…