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June 15, 2021 | English
Faced with dire economic circumstances and discrimination, migrant workers in Lebanon rely on each other to survive, co-founder of Volunteer Circle Nadine Makarem writes.
June 14, 2021 | English
En Líbano el trabajo doméstico está ocupado mayoritariamente por mujeres, principalmente las originarias de Asia y África, que generalmente han tenido que endeudarse en su país de origen para migrar. Una vez en Líbano, hacen frente a restricciones y violencia en el trato, además de las dificultades financieras que encuentran para sobrevivir a diario. La crisis económica que actualmente abruma a Líbano aumenta las necesidades financieras de estas mujeres que a veces no tienen otra opción que endeudarse de nuevo para irse, a menudo a sus países de origen. Por lo tanto, el de estas mujeres en lucha es un viaje migratorio marcado por el yugo de la deuda.
June 14, 2021 | Russian
Королевство Бахрейн на неопределенный срок приостановило выдачу разрешений на работу людям из стран, занесенных в «красный список» — перечень государств, в которых отмечается высокий уровень заболеваемости коронавирусом.
June 14, 2021 | English
The International Labour Organization (ILO) has elected Saudi Arabia to a titular membership of its governing body, according to an announcement.
June 14, 2021 | English
Dodging pulped food and glass shards, I walk the narrow and winding streets of Beirut up a hill in Hamra, one of the city’s main commercial districts, to the Q Hotel, with its crumbling sign and exposed brick façade. I make my way to the third floor, room 304, where, between ancient cupboards and worn carpets, time seems to have stopped in the 1950s. Mariema — her back hunched, her blue shirt sagging, her face hollow — is lying on a bed with its crumpled sheet on the floor.
June 8, 2021 | English
Dodging pulped food and glass shards, I walk the narrow and winding streets of Beirut up a hill in Hamra, one of the city’s main commercial districts, to the Q Hotel, with its crumbling sign and exposed brick façade. I make my way to the third floor, room 304, where, between ancient cupboards and worn carpets, time seems to have stopped in the 1950s. Mariema — her back hunched, her blue shirt sagging, her face hollow — is lying on a bed with its crumpled sheet on the floor.
May 29, 2021 | English
The Philippine government has lifted its temporary ban on the deployment of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) to Saudi Arabia, clearing the way for over 400 workers left stranded due to COVID-19 protocol issues.
May 28, 2021 | English
Three years ago I was a newly arrived refugee in the UK, on the verge of losing my largely US-funded job because my US vetting had been held for almost a year without any response.
May 27, 2021 | English
Migrant workers in Lebanon have been hit hard by its multiple crises and half of them left jobless, the UN warned Wednesday, calling for voluntary returns to be scaled up.
The combined effects of Lebanon’s economic collapse, the Covid-19 pandemic and last year’s deadly Beirut port explosion have worsened already dire living conditions for migrant workers.
May 27, 2021 | English
Migrant workers in Lebanon have been hit hard by its multiple crises and half of them left jobless, the UN warned Wednesday, calling for voluntary returns to be scaled up.
The combined effects of Lebanon’s economic collapse, the COVID-19 pandemic and last year’s deadly Beirut port explosion have worsened already dire living conditions for migrant workers.