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MWDW: Amnesty International urges Lebanon to scrap kafala
24-4-2019
Amnesty International yesterday asked Lebanese authorities to help end the abusive kafala (sponsorship) system that governs the lives of thousands of migrant domestic workers. In a report entitled ‘Their house is my prison, exploitation of migrant domestic workers in Lebanon’, Amnesty called on the Lebanese parliament to amend the labor law to include protection of MDWDs, as well as reform the visa system and consider the confiscation of the worker’s passport an administrative crime. In light of interviews with some 32 MWDWs, as well as diplomats, employers, recruitment offices and involved NGOs, the international organization found alarming patterns of abuse. These included, working for long hours without rest or a day off, and revoking MWDWs’ monthly salaries or decreasing them, confiscating their passports, depriving them of adequate food, decent housing conditions and privacy, in addition to verbal, physical and sexual exploitation. The Amnesty report also revealed that of the 32 surveyed workers, only 4 had private rooms, while the rest slept in the living room, the storage room, the kitchen, or on the balcony. (Al Akhbar, Al Mustaqbal, April 24, 2019)
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