Abuses on U.S. bases in Persian Gulf ensnare legions of migrant workers
الملخص
Date Reported: 27 أكتوبر 2022
الموقع: الكويت
الشركات
Kuwait Resources House - Employer , Vectrus - Other Value Chain Entity , Amentum - Other Value Chain Entityأخرى
Government ( الهيئات العامة ) - Clientالفئة المتأثرة
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - نيبال , الهندسة , Gender not reported ) , عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - نيبال , الدفاع/ الشؤون العسكرية , Gender not reported ) , عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - الهند , الدفاع/ الشؤون العسكرية , Gender not reported )القضايا
Poverty Wages , رسوم التوظيف , الحرمان من حرية التنقل , رسوم التوظيفالرد
Response sought: Yes, by Media
External link to response: (Find out more)
الإجراءات المتخذة: None reported. KRH denied all the allegations
نوع المصدر: News outlet
الملخص
Date Reported: 27 أكتوبر 2022
الموقع: الكويت
الشركات
Tamimi - Employerأخرى
Government ( الدفاع/ الشؤون العسكرية ) - Clientالفئة المتأثرة
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - بنجلاديش , النقل: عامة , Gender not reported )القضايا
رسوم التوظيفالرد
Response sought: Yes, by Media
External link to response: (Find out more)
الإجراءات المتخذة: None reported. Tamimi denied the allegations.
نوع المصدر: News outlet
Foreign workers for defense contractors on at least four U.S. military bases in the Persian Gulf are trapped in their jobs by abusive employment practices that they say prevent them from returning home or even looking for better work in the region, more than 30 current and former workers said in interviews.
Many of the thousands of migrants employed on Persian Gulf bases have had their passports confiscated, been saddled with onerous debts after paying illegal recruitment fees...
The companies that provide food, repair vehicles and supply other services to the U.S. military routinely turn down requests from civilian employees for release papers they need to leave their jobs...
The workers, mainly from South Asia, are employed as mechanics and laborers by Kuwait Resources House (KRH), a large subcontractor for major defense firms at several American military bases in the Persian Gulf, including U.S.-headquartered Vectrus and Amentum...
Ten current and former workers said many KRH employees cannot seek better-paying jobs, or in some cases, even go home, because the company blocks them from leaving...
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