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The Washington Post / ICIJ: Abuses on U.S. bases in Persian Gulf ensnare legions of migrant workers

Defense contractors hire thousands of foreigners. Many are trapped by employment practices banned by the U.S. government. By Katie McQue October … More

The Washington Post: Hundreds of Filipino workers stranded on island amid dispute with U.S. contractor

Their employer, KBR, denies Philippine charges that it’s keeping them from leaving the remote American military base on Diego Garcia … More

The Guardian: Britain hands billions to projects linked to labour abuse and climate damage

UK Export Finance used £5.24bn of taxpayer money to fund overseas energy and infrastructure ventures – despite its own review … More

The Washington Post: Denied birth certificates, thousands of children in the UAE go without schooling and health care

Hospitals withhold birth records because of unpaid debts, and the government refuses to register those born out of wedlock By Katie … More

The Washington Post: Smuggled Iranian fuel and secret nighttime transfers: Seafarers recount how it’s done

By Katie McQue January 3, 2022 at 4:01 p.m. EST DUBAI — The secret transfers usually take place at night to … More

The Guardian: Where’s Edelyn? The search for the Filipina maid who vanished in Saudi Arabia

Mired in debt, the mother of three left to work as part of the Gulf’s kafala labour system. She was last heard … More

The Washington Post: The Philippines repatriates dozens of women trafficked to Syria after report about abuses

By Katie McQue July 8, 2021 DUBAI — The Philippine government says it has repatriated all 55 Filipina women who had … More

The Washington Post: Instagram fuels rise in black-market sales of maids into Persian Gulf servitude

May 5, 2021 DUBAI — The advent of Instagram in recent years has helped create an international black market for … More

The Guardian: ‘They left us to die’: UK’s Afghan aid staff in hiding from Taliban

Evacuation of employees, not contractors, ‘splitting hairs’, says HRW, warning of days left to save lives Afghan employees who worked … More

The Washington Post: Foreign seafarers say they were tricked into servitude on Iranian ships

By Katie McQueJanuary 14, 2022 at 3:00 a.m. EST DUBAI — Iranian shipping companies in league with international recruiting firms have … More

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