Tag: Kafala
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45. Ethiopian Migrants’ Saudi Hell/Anti-Gov Protests in Ethiopia
a conversation with Ethiopian journalist Zecharias Zelalem on his recent investigation into the horrific living conditions that Ethiopian migrants are living in in Saudi detention centers, as well as his overview of the recent protests in Ethiopia following the murder of popular Oromo singer Hachalu Hundessa.
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37. The Racialisation of Migrant Labor Under the Kafala System in Lebanon
Daryn argues that the racialisation and dehumanisation of migrant domestic workers under the Kafala system in Lebanon contains four components.
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17. What the Lebanese Should Know About Ethiopia
The conversation around the abusive Kafala system in Lebanon rarely includes the stories of the people who leave their homes to go work in a stranger’s house in another country.
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05. Lebanon’s Migrant Domestic Workers: Between the Coronavirus and Slavery
Banchi Yimer spoke to me about the Kafala System, the impacts of the economic crisis and the coronavirus pandemic on migrant domestic workers as well as her ongoing trauma after working in Lebanon for seven years.
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02. Lebanon Must Abolish The Kafala System
Stories of migrant domestic workers and what they go through, the Kafala system and how it operates in Lebanon, ou will also learn about what migrant activists and their allies in Lebanon are trying to achieve.