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2020年9月21日

作者:
Aggrey Mutambo, Nation (Kenya)

Kenyan migrant workers stranded in Lebanon repatriated; most have been living in poor conditions after losing their jobs

"All Kenyans stranded in Lebanon are back home - Embassy"

The last group of women who were stranded in Lebanon after they lost their jobs have returned to Kenya. This comes after a well-wisher offered to foot the cost of tickets for some, along with efforts from government and non-governmental organisations (NGOs). The group of 18 left Beirut on Sunday and Monday in batches of nine and were expected in Nairobi by Tuesday, closing a chapter that has dented Kenya’s image abroad after reports emerged that officials at the Lebanon consulate were mistreating needy women. Kenya’s consulate in Beirut confirmed to the Nation that the women had left the country after obtaining travel papers including valid Covid-19 certificates...

The women were working as domestic workers under the controversial Kafala system that is used to monitor migrant workers across parts of west Asia. The system emerged in the 1950s and bonds employees to their masters. However, during the Covid-19 pandemic, many Kenyan women working in Lebanon lost their jobs. When an explosion occurred in Beirut last month, displacing some 300,000 people and killing at least 150, the economic situation was made worse, leading to the women camping outside the Kenyan consulate demanding to be brought home.