Decades after the US took over the territory for a military base, families separated and forced to leave their homes … More
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The Telegraph: ‘I want to leave but I’m scared’: Pandemic increases risk of violence for Gulf’s domestic workers
Lockdown measures, put in place to stem the spread of the virus, have put already vulnerable domestic maids under more … More
The Guardian: ‘They have to be punished’: the mothers trapped in the UAE by ‘love crimes’
Single migrant women left destitute by Covid can’t leave until they have served sentences for sex outside marriage – but … More
The Washington Post: Migration, in reverse
Out of money and fearing the virus, hundreds ofthousands of foreign workers are flooding home Story by Joanna Slater, Kareem Fahim and Katie McQue … More
The Guardian: ‘I am starving’: the migrant workers abandoned by Dubai employers
With no salary or money to pay for flights home, many are trapped in desperate situations in crowded labour camps … More
The Guardian: ‘We drink from the toilet’: migrants tell of hellish Saudi detention centres
Kingdom urged to rethink mass deportation policy as crowded and insanitary conditions spark Covid-19 fears Ibraahin’s* first week of work … More
The Guardian: £40m for islanders exiled from British territory goes unspent
Chagossians promised aid go hungry as coronavirus renders them jobless in a foreign state Chagos Islanders living in exile from … More
The Guardian: ‘I’m trapped’: the UAE migrant workers left stranded by Covid-19 job losses
In debt, unable to earn and refused repatriation over coronavirus fears, many migrant workers face an uncertain future Each night, … More
The Guardian: How Nepal’s migration ban trap female ‘modern day slaves’ in the Gulf
Amita* knew she had to escape. After five months of being assaulted, starved and being forced to work for 20 … More
New York Times: Virus Forces Persian Gulf States to Reckon With Migrant Labor
The Mideast’s wealthiest countries depend on foreigners to do jobs their citizens won’t. But the virus has hobbled the arrangement … More