"Stranded African migrants in Lebanon feel abandoned", 8 October 2024

After their Lebanese employers abandoned them in the middle of a worsening conflict zone...

...No reliable figures on how many foreigners might be affected by the ongoing crisis...

"These people do not care about us. To them, we are like working machines. My friends were denied entry at shelters because they are not Lebanese," said Regina Blessing Kyalo, a Kenyan domestic worker who came to Lebanon in 2023...

Lebanese authorities have recently faced repeated accusations of prioritizing the safety of their own citizens and are accused of discriminating against foreigners...

...The situation is extremely difficult for migrant women in particular, as many of them work as freelance domestic workers paid per hour...

...To make matters worse, many migrant workers cannot evacuate without their travel documents, which are often in the custody of their employers...

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