UAE: Four Indian workers repatriated after being mistreated by private company
Summary
Date Reported: 4 Feb 2020
Location: United Arab Emirates
Other
Not Reported ( Sector not reported/applicable ) - EmployerAffected
Total individuals affected: 4
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 4 - India - Sector unknown , Gender not reported )Issues
ViolenceResponse
Response sought: No
Action taken: The men were provided with legal assistance through the Indian High Commission in Dubai, who arranged for their repatriation.
Source type: News outlet
"Four youths from Odisha's Jajpur, trapped in Dubai, Return," 4 Feb 2020
Four youths from Odisha’s Jajpur, who were trapped in Dubai for two months... arrived from Kolkata on Tuesday...
two brokers of Nathapur village in Jajpur district, Ashok Kumar Jena and his brother Subash had sent the four youths to Dubai on the pretext of providing them jobs...
after working there for some days, they were subject to brutal torture by the company officials. While three youths managed to return to Odisha, the fourth, who had joined them later, could not return as the broker who had sent them, lodged a case against them in a local labour court in Dubai.