Saudi Arabia: Outsourced Indian workers left unpaid for three months, stranded & dependent on food aid
Summary
Date Reported: 3 Jun 2020
Location: Saudi Arabia
Other
Not Reported ( Sector not reported/applicable ) - EmployerAffected
Total individuals affected: 9
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 9 - India - Sector unknown , Gender not reported )Issues
Right to Food , Contract Substitution , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Wage TheftResponse
Response sought: No
Action taken: The workers appealed for help via a social media video. A representative of charitable organisations Pravasi Indian Legal Aid Cell stated that the government should repatriate the workers, and that they are trying to co-ordinate relief in the meantime.
Source type: News outlet
"Raj workers stuck in Saudi Arabia seek help to return," 3 Jun 2020
Nine workers went to work in a company in Saudi Arabia four months ago where they were provided with food and lodging. After the outbreak of coronavirus, the company shut its services and asked the employees to leave the premises...
[One worker] said that they were cheated by the agency who sent them to Saudi Arabia. "... after arriving here the work requirement was different. The company that hired use sent us to work for another company. After coronavirus, the company stopped functioning and sent us back to our original employer without giving us three months' salary."...
District president of Prawasi Indian Legal Aid Cell, Amjad Tuglaq said that government must come forward to bring those people home.