Archive for March 2nd, 2024

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02/03/2024

When Dreams Fall Apart

Human Wrongs Watch

Libya, 2 FEBRUARY 2024 (IOM)* –– In 2021, Owehidi – a father of three – set out from Bangladesh to Libya, seeking to secure a better income to help his family. He eventually settled in the city of Derna where he worked as a butcher. He was warmly welcomed into the tightly knit and mutually supportive community of Bangladeshi migrant workers.

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Bangladeshi migrants board their flight back to Dhaka from Benina International Airport, a return to roots and reunion. Photo: IOM Libya 2023/Mouied Duffani

He was thrilled with this new beginning, seeing it as a step towards a more prosperous life for his family.

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02/03/2024

Saudi Arabia: Migrant Workers’ Long Overdue Wages at Risk

Human Wrongs Watch

By Human Rights Watch*

Gaps in Repayment Program; Wage Theft Still Rampant

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Foreign laborers work on the construction of new luxury houses in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, April 2019.  © 2019 FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP via Getty Images

(Beirut) – Representatives of two construction companies in Saudi Arabiaannounced recently that migrant workers will get their long overdue unpaid wages, but gaps in the repayment scheme puts the payments at risk, Human Rights Watch said on 29 February 2024.

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