Flown back and forgotten: Filipino migrants face tough homecoming
Repatriated migrant workers want more government support as they struggle to rebuild their lives back in the Philippines. MARIEJO RAMOS, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
Nearly a third of domestic workers in Malaysia in forced labour conditions – UN agency
Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaReuters Nearly a third of migrant workers employed in domestic households in Malaysia are working under forced labour conditions, according to a survey released by the United Nations’ labour agency on Thursday. The International Labour Organisation identified conditions such as excessive working hours, unpaid overtime, low wages, restricted movement, and being unable to […]
Wow!: How apps are helping Latin American domestic workers fight for their rights
DIANA BAPTISTA, ANASTASIA MOLONEY and FABIO TEIXEIRA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report…
“Dying in the desert”: The unexplained deaths of African maids in Saudi
NITA BHALLA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how families in Kenya are seeking answers over the deaths of their relatives while working in Saudi Arabia…
“So frustrating”: For migrants, red tape turns Italian work permit scheme into mirage
GAVIN JONES, of Reuters, reports on the plight of irregular migrants in Italy, a year after promises to give them the chance to work legally on farms and as domestic helpers…
TikTok domestic worker shows the positives of life in Lebanon
Beirut, Lebanon Thomson Reuters Foundation There is almost nothing Raquel Barrion doesn’t know about the two Lebanese children she has looked after since they were babies. But one day, the Filipina domestic worker decided to find out how much they knew about her. Barrion, 39, was pleasantly surprised when – by means of a light-hearted […]
Hundreds of Lebanon’s most vulnerable migrant maids flown home, many more wait
Amman, Jordan Thomson Reuters Foundation Hundreds of Lebanon’s most vulnerable migrant maids have been repatriated with funds raised by local charities, but thousands more remain stuck and destitute due to a deep economic crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic, according to campaigners. Their top priority has been aiding women with health problems or young children and […]
“So stressful”: Alone and unpaid, Lebanon’s migrant maids in grip of mental health crisis
ABBIE CHEESEMAN, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the ongoing crisis among female migrant domestic workers in Lebanon…
Anger as Hong Kong court keeps ‘discriminatory’ live-in rule for migrant maids
Thomson Reuters Foundation A Hong Kong court’s decision to uphold a compulsory rule for migrant domestic workers to live with their employers drew criticism on Tuesday from labour rights advocates, who said it exposed foreign maids to conditions akin to modern slavery. The live-in rule for Hong Kong’s 370,000 domestic workers, mostly women from poor […]
Lebanon’s coronavirus lockdown leaves migrant women penniless and stranded
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia/Amman, Jordan Thomson Reuters Foundation Domestic worker Kurate only went to Lebanon so she could earn money to support her family in Ethiopia. Now she is stuck there with no work, no income – and no way of getting home to them. Since Lebanon closed its borders in one of the world’s strictest […]