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Annual Report 2021

The context in 2021 was riddled with uncertainties, lockdowns, and fuel and electricity shortages which imposed countless restrictions on our ability to carry out our most basic tasks. 2021 started with one of the strictest national COVID-19 lockdowns globally, with an around-the-clock curfew imposed on all “non-essential” workers. We deemed our work to be more essential now than ever, since Migrant Domestic Workers around the country were struggling to make ends meet, whether these ends were the most basic needs for survival, to find a job and/or a house, or escape an abusive one, or to secure a flight ticket and a passport to go back home.

Crimes Against Migrants and Refugees in Lebanon – News Report, November 2022

Non-Lebanese communities are often portrayed as criminals in the media. But what about the crimes committed against migrants and refugees in Lebanon?

Weekly News Report: September 18-30, 2022

Vaccine Segregation, Misinformation and Mistreatment of Migrant Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Here’s the Weekly News Report for September 18-30 2022.

Call for Solidarity and Action Against Recent Divisive Violence in Lebanon, and Elsewhere

The state keeps propagating the fear of the other, while turning a blind eye to crimes against women, and other perceived minorities including refugees and migrants.

Annual Report 2020

No Herd Immunity Without Vaccines for Migrant Workers

Help Migrant Workers Access the Vaccine

Homelessness among Migrant Workers on the Rise

Migrants and their families in Lebanon have been severely affected by the August 4 explosion. In addition to the people still missing, those who have been injured, and those who lost their lives, many have also lost their windows, walls, and valuable appliances. This effectively means that they lost their homes as most of them cannot afford any of the repairs required to make their homes livable again.

Beirut Blast Solidarity Tainted with Racism

More than a week after the explosion that shook our city, we are still in shock and in mourning. Our hearts go out to the families of those who lost their lives and livelihoods in this indiscriminate massacre of Beirut and its residents.

Evacuate Sierra Leonean Workers from Lebanon!

On 23 July 2020, a group of Sierra Leonean women stranded in Lebanon, Thewanthdean (meaning “United sisters” or “One sisterhood”), released a song they wrote to express their daily struggles in the country.

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