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

Women from Sierra Leone tricked into servitude find themselves sold on under Gulf’s kafala system Isha knew she was in trouble when … More

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Decades after the US took over the territory for a military base, families separated and forced to leave their homes … More

Lockdown measures, put in place to stem the spread of the virus, have put already vulnerable domestic maids under more … More

Single migrant women left destitute by Covid can’t leave until they have served sentences for sex outside marriage – but … More

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

With no salary or money to pay for flights home, many are trapped in desperate situations in crowded labour camps … More

Kingdom urged to rethink mass deportation policy as crowded and insanitary conditions spark Covid-19 fears Ibraahin’s* first week of work … More