Filipinos pay thousands of dollars to unofficial recruitment companies, only to find themselves at the sharp end of Polish law.…
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…
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…
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…
The Guardian: UAE to investigate recruitment of Filipina domestic worker who died
Inquiry follows Guardian report on Vergie Tamfungan, whose death in the Gulf country has shone a spotlight on ‘cross-country’ employment…
The Guardian: Lured to the UAE by bonuses and big money, what happened to Vergie Tamfungan?
Promised a well-paid job in Dubai, the Filipina migrant worker now lies dead in a mortuary far from home. Her…
The Guardian: Trapped by debt: migrant workers in Israel unable to escape conflict
Foreign workers in Israel often have to pay exorbitant ‘placement fees’ to secure work in the country, which has left…
The Guardian: Child safety groups and prosecutors criticize encryption of Facebook and Messenger
Meta submitted nearly 95% of 29m reports of child sexual abuse material in 2022 and encryption will make it harder…
The Guardian: Family still wait for return of migrant worker’s body after unexplained death on UK-US military base
Relatives allege American contractor on island of Diego Garcia failed to get proper medical help for 33-year-old Saddam Ali A…
The Guardian: Revealed: allegations of abuse and captivity without pay at UAE’s lucrative recruitment agencies
Domestic make claims of being locked up without salary until work is found, denied proper food and beaten for leaving…
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