Lebanon: 20 kenyan women domestic workers allegedly denied the right to return to their country after being abused by their employers; pushed by employment agency and ignored by the Kenyan consulate
Résumé
Date indiquée: 14 Jan 2022
Lieu: Liban
Autre
Not Reported ( Agences de placement de personnel de maison ) - EmployerConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: 20
Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( 20 - Kenya , Agences de placement de personnel de maison , Gender not reported )Enjeux
Déni de liberté de mouvement , Travail forcé et esclavage moderne , Dismissal , Harcèlement sexuel , Torture et mauvais traitements , Discrimination fondée sur la race/à l'ethnie/aux castes/aux origines , Femmes , ManifestationsRéponse
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Mesures prises: The Kenyan honorary Vice Consul Kassem Jaber denied any wrongdoing and said that “we are doing our best so we can get to our office to be able to proceed with the repatriation process,” but claimed that the women were not allowing them into the building.
Type de source: News outlet
"I just want to go back home': Kenyan domestic workers protest for repatriation from Lebanon where 'living life with dignity is impossible" 14 January 2022
...The group of about twenty Kenyan women have transformed the front of the Kenyan consulate in Beirut into a makeshift encampment...
They allege that they have been mistreated at every stage of their stay in Lebanon, with abusive employers, deceitful employment agents and a predatory consulate making living life with dignity impossible...
Abuses against them range from extended working hours as there is no separation from workplace and home, to sexual abuse due to the physical and legal leverage that employers wield over them.
The Kenyan honorary Vice Consul Kassem Jaber denied any wrongdoing and said that “we are doing our best so we can get to our office to be able to proceed with the repatriation process,” but claimed that the women were not allowing them into the building.