UAE: Employers using tourist visa scams to trap Indian migrants in abusive work
要約
Date Reported: 2020年1月15日
場所: アラブ首長国連邦
その他
Not Reported ( 小売 ) - Employer関連
Total individuals affected: 1
移住者・移民労働者: ( 1 - インド , 小売 , Gender not reported )課題
Failing to renew visas , Contract Substitution , 威嚇及び脅迫 , Restricted mobility , Wage Theft , 移動の自由の否定回答
Response sought: いいえ
取られた措置: 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.
情報源のタイプ: 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.