OUR CASES
Cases of Kafala Abuse in Lebanon.
July 21, 2020
Vida’s employer started the conversation by saying, “F&#@ you!” They ended it by paying her full salary.
June 16, 2020
Chris contacted TIL because she hadn’t been paid for 6 mths. Her madam said she was withholding her salary “in case she escapes”. One call from TIL got her paid .
June 15, 2020
Glory wrote to us feeling suicidal. She was tricked into going to Lebanon thinking she’d be working in a hotel. She was abused and unpaid. We got her home.
February 19, 2020
Jenny’s employer died and his brother was planning to take her to the agency against her wishes. We advocated for her repatriation and she was sent home.
August 15, 2019
Thanks to pressure from This Is Lebanon, Doreen’s employers finally let her return home on 7 June, 2019. She left Lebanon with $1,000 in cash and $9,197 paid via Western Union in four separate payments. No wonder Doreen was dancing with joy when she got home.