UAE: Employers using tourist visa scams to trap Indian migrants in abusive work
Résumé
Date indiquée: 15 Jan 2020
Lieu: Émirats arabes unis
Autre
Not Reported ( Commerce de détail ) - EmployerConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: 1
Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( 1 - Inde , Commerce de détail , Gender not reported )Enjeux
Failing to renew visas , Contract Substitution , Intimidation et menaces , Restricted mobility , Wage Theft , Déni de liberté de mouvementRéponse
Response sought: Non
Mesures prises: Local police in the worker's home state of Telangana arrested the recruitment agent responsible for fraud. They also launched awareness raising campaigns in villages. It was not reported whether the UAE employer was held responsible or not.
Type de source: News outlet
"Tourist visa scam traps Indian migrants in abusive jobs in UAE," 15 Jan 2020
Exploitative employers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are increasingly using tourist visas to hire Indians in a scam that leaves migrants open to labor abuse...
“Employers and recruiters have colluded and invented this visit visa route,” said Bheem Reddy, president of the Emigrants Welfare Forum...
A demand for short-term workers ahead of big events such as Dubai’s Expo 2020 world fair in October has further fueled the scam, a United Nations official said...
visit visas are sold by hotels and airlines, giving workers no rights and freeing employers from all responsibility.