UAE: Employers using tourist visa scams to trap Indian migrants in abusive work
摘要
日期: 2020年1月15日
地點: 阿聯酋
其他
Not Reported ( 零售 ) - Employer受影響的
受影響的總人數: 1
移民和移民工人: ( 1 - 印度 , 零售 , Gender not reported )議題
Failing to renew visas , Contract Substitution , 恐嚇和威脅 , Restricted mobility , Wage Theft , 剝奪遷徙自由回應
Response sought: 否
後續行動: 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.
資訊來源: 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.