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A MWDW reportedly exploited by an employment office and then thrown into prison

12-08-2013

Safir newspaper published a report about a MWDW from Bukina Faso who came to Lebanon to work as a domestic worker.  The MWDW in question is now held at the migrant workers’ center of detention in 3adlieh and is awaiting her repatriation because of her illegal situation due to the negligence of her employment office according to the law enforcement report.
The newspaper noted that the employment office located in the “posh” Verdun area brought the MWDW recently and then moved her to be employed by another household without arranging her papers and legal status..  She stayed in this situation for three months presumably during a trial period.  The new employer then returned her to the employment office that placed her again in a new household.  Despite its promises, the employment office did not arrange her official papers. She was thereafter arrested by the police based on information sent by a unknown source presumed to be the employment office itself and this according to the Safir newspaper. Following that, the employment office refused to assume any responsibility, despite the fact that it cashes USD 4,000 each time it places the young woman with a new employer.
Source: Al-Safir 12 August 2013

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