1 Jul 2021

Auteur:: BBC

Cabinets de recrutement Agences de placement de personnel de maison

Oman Sierra Leone

Déni de liberté de mouvement Droit à l'alimentation Travailleurs migrants et immigrés Travail : Généralités Travail forcé et esclavage moderne ...

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Cabinets de recrutement Agences de placement de personnel de maison

Oman Sierra Leone

Déni de liberté de mouvement Droit à l'alimentation Travailleurs migrants et immigrés Travail : Généralités Travail forcé et esclavage moderne Contract Substitution Traite des êtres humains Restricted mobility Withholding Passports Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions Coups et violence Intimidation et menaces Femmes Personal Health Wage Theft

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Résumé

Date indiquée: 1 Jul 2021

Lieu: Oman

On 1 July 2021, BBC published a podcast discussing the situation of women Sierra Leonean domestic workers in Oman and shedding a light on the poor working and living conditions as well as the labour abuses faced them. One Sierra Leonean female domestic worker was promised work as cook in Oman by a recruiter in Senegal. However, when she arrived in Oman, her passport was seized and was forced to work as a domestic worker. She alleged that she was forced to work extremely long hours, that her employer did not provide her with good food or accommodation, and that she was paid less than the agreed salary or not at all.

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Not Reported ( Agences de placement de personnel de maison ) - Employer

Concerné

Nombre total de personnes concernées: 1

Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( 1 - Sierra Leone , Agences de placement de personnel de maison , Gender not reported )

Enjeux

Traite des êtres humains , Travail forcé et esclavage moderne , Droit à l'alimentation , Contract Substitution , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Restricted mobility , Withholding Passports , Wage Theft , Déni de liberté de mouvement

Réponse

Response sought: Non

Mesures prises: None reported.

Type de source: News outlet

Résumé

Date indiquée: 1 Jul 2021

Lieu: Oman

On 1 July 2021, BBC published a podcast discussing the situation of women Sierra Leonean domestic workers in Oman and shedding a light on the poor working and living conditions as well as the labour abuses faced them. Among the cases highlighted in the podcast was the case of a female domestic worker from Sierra Leone who came to Oman to work in a restaurant or a supermarket. However, when she arrived, she was told that she would be a maid. She alleged that the family she was working for, was treating her in an inhumane way; they did not give her anything to eat except for leftover rice. Her employer’s wife hit her every time she did not understand the instructions. In one instance she was deprived of food and water for two days. She further alleged that she was sexually harassed by her employer; he was threatening to kill her if she tells anyone. One day, in the middle of night, the employer told her to get in his car and he took her to the street and left her there, while he kept all her documents with him.

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Not Reported ( Agences de placement de personnel de maison ) - Employer

Concerné

Nombre total de personnes concernées: 1

Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( 1 - Sierra Leone , Agences de placement de personnel de maison , Gender not reported )

Enjeux

Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Restricted mobility , Withholding Passports , Coups et violence , Intimidation et menaces , Travail forcé et esclavage moderne , Droit à l'alimentation , Contract Substitution , Personal Health , Déni de liberté de mouvement

Réponse

Response sought: Non

Mesures prises: None reported

Type de source: News outlet

Article

1 Jul 2021

Auteur:

BBC

The runaway maids of Oman

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Cabinets de recrutement Agences de placement de personnel de maison

Oman Sierra Leone

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Résumé

Date indiquée: 1 Jul 2021

Lieu: Oman

On 1 July 2021, BBC published a podcast discussing the situation of women Sierra Leonean domestic workers in Oman and shedding a light on the poor working and living conditions as well as the labour abuses faced them. One Sierra Leonean female domestic worker was promised work as cook in Oman by a recruiter in Senegal. However, when she arrived in Oman, her passport was seized and was forced to work as a domestic worker. She alleged that she was forced to work extremely long hours, that her employer did not provide her with good food or accommodation, and that she was paid less than the agreed salary or not at all.

Autre

Not Reported ( Agences de placement de personnel de maison ) - Employer

Concerné

Nombre total de personnes concernées: 1

Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( 1 - Sierra Leone , Agences de placement de personnel de maison , Gender not reported )

Enjeux

Réponse

Response sought: Non

Mesures prises: None reported.

Type de source: News outlet

Résumé

Date indiquée: 1 Jul 2021

Lieu: Oman

On 1 July 2021, BBC published a podcast discussing the situation of women Sierra Leonean domestic workers in Oman and shedding a light on the poor working and living conditions as well as the labour abuses faced them. Among the cases highlighted in the podcast was the case of a female domestic worker from Sierra Leone who came to Oman to work in a restaurant or a supermarket. However, when she arrived, she was told that she would be a maid. She alleged that the family she was working for, was treating her in an inhumane way; they did not give her anything to eat except for leftover rice. Her employer’s wife hit her every time she did not understand the instructions. In one instance she was deprived of food and water for two days. She further alleged that she was sexually harassed by her employer; he was threatening to kill her if she tells anyone. One day, in the middle of night, the employer told her to get in his car and he took her to the street and left her there, while he kept all her documents with him.

Autre

Not Reported ( Agences de placement de personnel de maison ) - Employer

Concerné

Nombre total de personnes concernées: 1

Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( 1 - Sierra Leone , Agences de placement de personnel de maison , Gender not reported )

Enjeux

Réponse

Response sought: Non

Mesures prises: None reported

Type de source: News outlet

Two hundred young women from Sierra Leone, west Africa, have been trapped in the Arabian sultanate of Oman, desperate to get home. Promised work in shops and restaurants, they say they were tricked into becoming housemaids, working up to 18 hours a day, often without pay, and sometimes abused by their employers. Some ran away, to live a dangerous underground existence at the mercy of the authorities – but now they are being rescued and repatriated, and some are empowering themselves as independent farmers back home. Tim Whewell tells their story.

Chronologie

The runaway maids of Oman

Date:

1 Jul 2021

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Langues disponibles: English

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The runaway maids of Oman

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The runaway maids of Oman