Domestic workers in Gulf states face COVID-19 job losses & abuse from recruitment agencies
Краткое изложение
Date Reported: 7 Июл 2020
Местонахождение: Саудовская Аравия
Компании
Almuhait Recruitment - RecruiterЗатронуто
Total individuals affected: 9
Мигранты и рабочие-иммигранты: ( Number unknown - Кения , Агентства домашнего персонала , Gender not reported ) , Мигранты и рабочие-иммигранты: ( Number unknown - Уганда , Агентства домашнего персонала , Gender not reported )Темы
Избиения и насилие , Право на питание , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Restricted mobility , Withholding Passports , Personal Health , Ограничение свободы передвиженияОтвет
Response sought: Yes, by Journalist
Принятые меры: After the New York Times contacted Almuhait Recruitment about the women's situation, several of the women, including the pregnant woman, were taken to hospital for medical checkups and COVID-19 tests. The Kenyan ambassador to Saudi Arabia stated that it was the responsibility of Saudi Arabia to ensure the safety of migrant workers there. The NYT report states that it is the responsibility of the agency that recruited the Kenyan women in Kenya to help them home; the agency is no longer answering its phone or responding to messages.
Вид источника: News outlet
Краткое изложение
Date Reported: 7 Июл 2020
Местонахождение: Саудовская Аравия
Другое
Not Reported ( Агентства домашнего персонала ) - RecruiterЗатронуто
Total individuals affected: 1
Мигранты и рабочие-иммигранты: ( 1 - Филиппины , Агентства домашнего персонала , Gender not reported )Темы
Restricted mobility , Право на питание , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Personal Health , Ограничение свободы передвиженияОтвет
Response sought: Нет
Принятые меры: None reported.
Вид источника: News outlet
"In Arab States, coronavirus pandemic traps African domestic workers who fin themselves unemployed, abused," 7 Jul 2020
Nine African women lost their jobs as domestic workers in Saudi Arabia because of the coronavirus lockdown, the agency that had recruited them [imprisoned them]...
since March. One is now six months pregnant but receiving no maternity care. Another tore her clothes off in a fit of distress, so the agency chained her to a wall.
The women receive food once a day... but don’t know when they [can] return to their countries...
For the Kenyan women, the agency that recruited them in Kenya is responsible for helping them return home... [it] is no longer answering its phone or responding to messages...
The women said they had been locked up by their Saudi agency, Almuhait Recruitment. It did not respond to requests for comment...
After The New York Times contacted Almuhait Recruitment about the women’s situation on Sunday... several of the women, including the pregnant woman, had been taken to a hospital for medical checkups and COVID-19 tests.