Katy Migiro, homson Reuters Foundation, 14 July 2014 NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A Kenyan woman trafficked to Saudi Arabia is being held by a recruitment agency demanding $3,400 for breach of contract before it will release her, The Star newspaper reported on Monday. Kenyans often migrate to the Middle East in search of jobs […]
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Jeddah, Arab News, 15 July 2014 It’s mandatory on all recruitment companies to provide substitutes for absconding maids to their employers over the entire term of their contracts, the Ministry of Labor said. Ziyad Al-Sayegh, deputy minister for customer services and labor affairs at the ministry, said the decision was taken to protect citizens’ rights
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Amnesty International India, 2014 Saudi Arabia has attracted more low-paid Indian migrants over the last 25 years than any other country in the Gulf region. Every day, close to 1,000 Indian low-wage migrant workers are provided with emigration clearances to travel to Saudi Arabia. They are recruited to work in cafeterias, supermarkets, construction sites, and
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Arab News, 5 July 2014 The Ministry of Labor will from Sunday ban all domestic workers, including drivers and maids, from transferring their sponsorship to private firms. This is a measure to stop domestic workers from leaving their individual sponsors, which includes families, according to a report carried by the Saudi Press Agency. The ministry
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25 June 2014, Arab News The Labor Ministry will approach the Foreign Affairs Ministry to sort out obstacles in recruiting Filipino domestic workers including contractual difficulties faced by Saudi recruiters in the Philippines. Labor Ministries of the two countries had signed an agreement earlier this year to resume recruitment of the Filipino domestic workers. Mufrej
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