GCC: New investigation finds "devastating" consequences of war for migrants after employers subject them to unpaid leave & arbitrary dismissals
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“Forced exits, unpaid wages, and uncertain future”
During Iran’s aerial attacks on the Ras Laffan Industrial City in Qatar, he saw massive oil tanks at his worksite engulfed in flames and smoke…
Testimonies from returnee migrant workers suggest that their employers did not follow even basic procedures before sending workers home…
Karma said his employer, Altrad Group, suddenly posted a list of workers being sent home on the walls of the accommodation building. When he saw his name, he was stunned…
Balram, who worked at Mesaieed Industrial City, said Altrad Group and its subsidiary Cape East sent hundreds of workers home after missile attacks damaged a water tank used for an oil refinery in Mesaieed in early March…
Bigyan had been working as a cook at one of the hotels operated by Jumeirah Group in Dubai. After a series of Iranian attacks near the hotel area where he worked, he said, management drastically reduced staffing…
Mithun had worked for years as a security guard at Kuwait International Airport…
Since March, he said, his employer, Brinks Kuwait, cut security guards’ duties roughly in half…
…About a month after Iran began attacking the UAE, he said, his employer, Emirates Security Services, abruptly sent him, along with many other workers, on ‘forced long leave’…
[The authors contacted all companies named in the report for comment, and no responses were received at the time of publication.]