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61 Indian workers and additional nationals from Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan were found living in deplorable conditions and stranded at a construction site in Riyadh in 2018. The management had allegedly run into financial problems and the management had deserted the workers. Most of their visas had expired in June 2018, some had not been updated in three years, and they lived in fear of police arrest. By March 2020, the workers had not been paid for over 20 months.
Empresas
Saudi Specialist Construction
- Employer
Afectado
Total de personas afectadas:
Número desconocido
Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: (
Número desconocido
- Bangladés
, Construcción
, Género no especificado
)
,
Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: (
61
- India
, Construcción
, Género no especificado
)
,
Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: (
Número desconocido
- Pakistán
, Construcción
, Género no especificado
)
,
Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: (
Número desconocido
- Sri Lanka
, Construcción
, Género no especificado
)
Temas
Derecho a la alimentación
,
Incumplimiento con la renovación de visas
,
Robo de salarios
Medidas adoptadas: The men's labour officer forced their sponsor to provide enough money for them to buy food; only two with valid visas could leave the accommodation to buy food. The workers who have remained in Riyadh have filed a labour court case there.
In September 2019 a report on the case was acknowledged by the Indian embassy in Riyadh that they were seeking a solution.
Of the 61 Indian workers, 39 were repatriated in February and March of 2020; one had returned the previous year. 21 decided to stay to fight a labour case; 6 of these had then applied to exit visas with the remaining 15 staying in Riyadh.
[Of] 20 Gujuratis who were stranded in Riyadh, 18 returned recently. One had returned last year while one has chosen to stay back hoping to win the court case...
61 Indians and several foreign nationals.. were living in deplorable conditions after... Saudi Specialist Construction Limited (SSCL) in Saudi Arabia, ran into problems and the management allegedly deserted the workers…
“We lived in fear of the police… [we] never ventured too far for fear of getting arrested”…
None of the workers had been paid for a year since the company owners abandoned them and for nine months of work before that.