Migrants fall into hardship in Iraq
A horrifying article in this week’s International Herald Tribune: As waves of Iraqis flee their conflicted country, other desperate civilians are going in. Migrant workers from some of the world’s...
View ArticleWorker ‘tricked into going to Iraq’
From the BBC - Darmianti binti Jaba Saleh only realised where she was when she pulled out the pile of money she had been given. Written across the top of the notes were the words “Bank of Iraq”....
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Jordan: Local companies sending foreign workers to Iraq against their will
This is not the first time we become aware of foreign workers in Jordan who are being illegally sent to Iraq regardless of their contracts and what they initially signed up for. Last September, we...
View ArticleGrowing number of migrant workers in Iraq
The National Newspaper (UAE) carried a story today about Asian migrant workers who are coming to Iraq and taking jobs from the locals. The number of migrant workers in the country has increased in the...
View ArticleIraqi Refugees Face Exploitation in Lebanon
The Daily Star reported today about the possible exploitation refugees from Iraq face in Lebanon. Following the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, many Iraqis fled the country and about 50,000 of them settled...
View ArticleOFW group questions PH govt. intention to lift OFWs ban in Iraq
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – Migrants’ advocacy group, Migrante-Middle East (M-ME) today questions the intention of the Philippine government plan to lift the ban on overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to Iraq...
View ArticleGulf governments abstain from Forced Labour Protocol vote
Despite the Gulf Cooperation Council’s promise to "…support the ILO's interest in this issue, which represents one of our four strategic pillars” just last week, every GCC government representative...
View ArticleMigrant workers caught up in Libya and Iraq conflicts
Tens of thousands of migrant construction workers, domestic staff, carers and nurses remain in Iraq and Libya despite the escalating conflict. Some have stayed and continue to work through choice,...
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