UAE: 250 migrant workers left unpaid & dependent on charitable aid after company closed
Résumé
Date indiquée: 24 Jui 2020
Lieu: Émirats arabes unis
Autre
Not Reported ( Secteur non communiqué/applicable ) - EmployerConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: 250
Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( Chiffre inconnu - Bangladesh - Secteur inconnu , Gender not reported ) , Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( Chiffre inconnu - Inde - Secteur inconnu , Gender not reported ) , Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( Chiffre inconnu - Pakistan - Secteur inconnu , Gender not reported )Enjeux
Droit à l'alimentation , Failing to renew visas , Precarious/Unsuitable Living ConditionsRéponse
Response sought: Non
Mesures prises: The workers had been supported by Taijitu House of Om in Dubai and await repatriation flights.
Type de source: News outlet
"Coronavirus: Volunteers feed hundreds of Sharjah labourers left out of work," 22 Jun 2020
A spiritual centre in Dubai is delivering food to about 250 unemployed labourers.
Volunteers... said many of the men had not been paid since their employer went out of business last year.
The coronavirus outbreak has only deepened their plight and many in the Sharjah accommodation site now await repatriation flights...
Its residents are 250 men from Pakistan, India and Bangladesh who say they were stranded in the UAE last August after their company closed.
They have survived from donations, unable to afford repatriation flights.