Gulf: "Crisis" as 500,000 repatriated workers unable to access justice & obtain unpaid wages amid COVID-19
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 10 Ago 2020
Ubicación: Emiratos Árabes Unidos
Otro
Not Reported ( Empresas de educación ) - EmployerAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: 100
Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( Número desconocido - Nepal , Empresas de educación , Gender not reported )Temas
Intimidación y Amenazas , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Wage TheftRespuesta
Response sought: No
Medidas adoptadas: None reported.
Tipo de fuente: News outlet
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 10 Ago 2020
Ubicación: Emiratos Árabes Unidos
Otro
Not Reported ( Transporte: General ) - ClientAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: Número desconocido
Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( Número desconocido - Ubicación desconocida , Labour supplier , Gender not reported )Temas
Tasas de contratación , Wage TheftRespuesta
Response sought: No
Medidas adoptadas: None reported.
Tipo de fuente: News outlet
"Gulf migrant workers face crisis of unpaid wages amid pandemic," 10 Aug 2020
The double blow of low oil prices and the coronavirus crisis has already pushed over half a million migrant workers out of Arab Gulf states...
Returned to their countries of origin in haste, migrant workers whose wages have not been paid are unable to defend their rights in the Gulf’s courts of justice. Their embassies have come under criticism for largely refusing to document grievances before repatriation..
only a negligible number of cases reach the courts as migrant workers, who are the backbone of Gulf economies, often simply give up and return home empty-handed...
most unpaid workers have the right to mandate by power of attorney their embassies to act on their behalves to seek compensation... Foreign missions argue they cannot replace failing national justice systems, nor do they have sufficient resources to do so.