Coronavirus has accelerated Lebanon’s economic collapse, and foreign maids are paying the price

There are 250,000 registered foreign workers in Lebanon Maids have been abandoned by their employers due to the country's economic crisis Due to coronavirus travel restrictions, they say they cannot get home

"The kafala system allows you to completely control the worker and the freedom and the life of the worker, which turns the workers into slaves" Farah Salka, the director of Lebanon's Anti-Racism Movement, said.

English | June 29, 2020