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Friday, May 9

Source: Middle East Eye

‘Our Fight is a Just Fight’: Mauritania’s Slave Descendants Campaign for Equality

Activists in Mauritania are campaigning for equal rights and inclusion of the Haratine — the descendants of slaves in the Northwest [...]

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Lebanon court rejects new migrant worker contract that would have signaled end to kafala

A court in Lebanon this week suspended the implementation of a new contract system for migrant workers that would have paved the way [...]

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Lebanon’s kafala system under fire in unprecedented lawsuit

Lebanon’s kafala system under fire in unprecedented lawsuit

An Ethiopian domestic worker is taking her employer and recruiter to court in Lebanon over the abuse and exploitation she alleges she [...]

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Kenyan migrant domestic workers stranded in Lebanon

“I just want to go home, that is all I need now.” – anonymous Kenyan migrant domestic worker As compounding crises in Lebanon [...]

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Lebanon’s financial crisis makes domestic workers more vulnerable to exploitation

Between two crises—the life of Sri Lankan domestic workers in Lebanon

“Nowadays, I make about $200 worth of lira that I can change for dollars. Before I would make maybe around $800 per month,” says Anna. [...]

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Sajita returns home but the fight for her pay continues

“Sorry mama, I wasn’t able to bring you anything.” – Sajita Lama, migrant domestic worker returning to Nepal  Sajita Lama, a former [...]

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Domestic workers remain unprotected under new Ethiopia-Lebanon agreement

A new labor agreement between Ethiopia and Lebanon fails to adequately protect domestic workers who are subject to the notorious kafala [...]

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Detention camp in the desert, representing where trafficked migrants from Tunisia are held

Tunisian authorities accused of selling migrants for $12

A recent report titled “State Trafficking: Expulsion and Sale of Migrants from Tunisia to Libya” accuses Tunisian [...]

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