Latest news on migrant worker rights in the Middle East
Below are the latest reports and updates following the situation of migrant workers in the MENA region, from our website Migrant-Rights.org. Migrants in Libya face uncertain future: A recent U.N....
View ArticleReligion and Migrant Rights
Religion is a powerful force in the Middle East, one that can and should be harnessed to promulgate the rights of non-citizens. Religion need not be abused as a tool of social engineering, but can...
View ArticleWe won't accept racism against migrant workers in the media as the norm
It does not take a vast amount of research to quickly arrive at the conclusion that Gulf countries suck at protecting migrant worker rights. The frequency in which abuses occur has gone from alarming...
View ArticleGulf Media: Where Racism and Classism Meet
There’s been a series of articles popping up left and right about the inconveniences of having a “demanding” or “expensive” maid. The most recent set of such articles were published by Emirates 24/7,...
View ArticleSorry about your diamond earrings, Madam.
Recently, I stumbled across a forum in the UAE featuring complaints against maids, most of which are childish and insulting, such as “are Ethiopian maids just plain stupid?” This mindless drivel, as...
View ArticleThe Gulf's race to the top on the backs of the bottom
In the Gulf, countries continue to show off their economic power by building more and more. A 1,000-metre Kingdom Tower in Jeddah is being built to take Burj Khalifa’s spot as the world’s tallest...
View ArticleMigrant Rights Launches in Bangla
We are pleased to announce that Migrant Rights is now available in Bangla. This allows us to reach an even wider audience. We are grateful for the support of Bijoy and Rezwan whose efforts have made...
View ArticleLibya’s Tripoli Zoo Houses a Detention Center for Illegal Immigrants
A detainee sits in the main room of the prison, waiting for the results of a blood test (Tom Westcott, Libya Herald) Libya’s Tripoli Zoo has been back in operation for a while, but post-revolution, the...
View ArticleNew design for our Migrant Rights website!
Since 2007, Migrant Rights has served as a prominent resource for news relating to migrant rights violations throughout the Middle East, the Gulf in particular. We went through various looks over the...
View ArticleKnow the facts: Migrant Rights in the Gulf (Video)
Did you know that 600,000 migrant workers are estimated to work in conditions of forced labour across the Middle East? That one Indian migrant worker commits suicide every 6 days in Oman and that at...
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