Indian workers to the Gulf stranded with expired visas while employers withhold passports & salary
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 14 May 2020
Ubicación: Kuwait
Otro
Not Reported ( Construcción ) - EmployerAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: 1
Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( 1 - India , Construcción , Gender not reported )Temas
Derecho a la alimentación , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Wage TheftRespuesta
Response sought: No
Medidas adoptadas: Since reporting his case, the New Minute issued an update that the worker, together with a few others who also did not have valid residence permits, were granted Emergency Certificates which allow them one way travel back to India.
Tipo de fuente: News outlet
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 14 May 2020
Ubicación: Omán
Otro
Not Reported ( Catering y servicios de comida ) - EmployerAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: Número desconocido
Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( Número desconocido - Bangladés , Catering y servicios de comida , Gender not reported ) , Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( 1 - India , Catering y servicios de comida , Gender not reported ) , Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( Número desconocido - Pakistán , Catering y servicios de comida , Gender not reported )Temas
Derecho a la alimentación , Failing to renew visas , Personal Health , Wage TheftRespuesta
Response sought: No
Medidas adoptadas: The worker had repeatedly asked his company to renew his visa but they had not done so. The Omani government has granted amnesties to migrants whose residence visas expired only after the third week of March. The Indian embassy in Oman told the worker that he had to resolve the fine with the company. On approaching the company he was told he had to pay the fine, which he is unable to do as they have not paid him for seven months. The workers had filed a labour complaint against the compay for non-payment of wages.
Tipo de fuente: News outlet
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 14 May 2020
Ubicación: Kuwait
Otro
Not Reported ( Minoristas/Ventas al detal ) - EmployerAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: 1
Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( 1 - India , Minoristas/Ventas al detal , Gender not reported )Temas
Failing to renew visas , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Withholding Passports , Wage TheftRespuesta
Response sought: No
Medidas adoptadas: None reported.
Tipo de fuente: News outlet
"The pandemic has exacerbated the struggles of Indian migrant workers abroad," 14 May 2020
Migrant workers in the Gulf have not been paid for months and are faced with fines for overstaying their visas. Many are unable to afford the repatriation flights while some are forced to call home, asking for money...
According to a social worker in Oman ...the delay in renewing the residence permit is caused by the company...
"Even if the employee reminds the employer, they send them off assuring that they would renew it; but it always gets delayed... many workers do not get their salaries on time, they also fear that they would not get their overdue amount if they demanded an immediate renewal."