Annual Report 2018
In 2018, we documented and addressed over 400 cases of labor exploitation, violence, abuse, detention, deportation, medical needs, mental health crises, needs for shelter, racial and gendered harassment, and refugee claims.
Tag: Migrant Workers
Who cares as long as they are not going to Europe?
According to SIHA’s research (Caught between Poverty and Trauma), the discrepancies between the expectations of women and girls from rural Ethiopia
How Bangladesh sold its future to the Gulf states
Bangladesh’s independence coincided with the rise of the Gulf states’ oil wealth. The UAE, Saudi Arabia, and later Qatar had money to burn and an almost insatiable appetite for migrant workers.
Migrant construction workers feel the squeeze
Hidden behind high stacks of red metal scaffolding and directly adjacent to two large buzzing generators that emit the noxious odor of burning diesel, about 10 Syrian workers live in two makeshift shacks.
Good News!
We have heard, with a great deal of relief, that Joe Semaan has been taken into custody for investigation.
Website helps Lebanon’s migrant workers expose abuse
This year on International Workers’ Day, on May 1, domestic migrant workers demonstrated in the streets of Lebanon, protesting their lack of rights.
وزير العمل للمفكرة: أحمي اليد العاملة اللبنانية، وأنجزت مقترح تعديل لقانون العمل
Very important interview with Legal Agenda and ‘minister of labour’ Sejaan Azzi.
Full link here.
LEBANON: REVOKE DIRECTIVE ON EXPULSION OF MIGRANT WORKERS’ CHILDREN
The International Gulf Organization (IGO) for Human Rights denounces the recent expulsion of locally born migrant workers’ children in Lebanon, pursuant to a new directive.
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هل يطبق القانون على كافة الجنسيات: الأميركية، الأوروبية، الأسترالية، الإفريقية، إلخ؟ أو يطبق على بعض الجنسيات
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At the Anti-Racism Movement (ARM), we are constantly working on a multitude of different activities and initiatives. Most of our activities are only possible with the help of dedicated and passionate volunteers who work in collaboration with our core team.
The Anti-Racism Movement (ARM) was launched in 2010 as a grassroots collective by young Lebanese feminist activists in collaboration with migrant workers and migrant domestic workers.
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