KILLER HEAT: THE IMPACT OF EXTREME TEMPERATURES AND CLIMATE CHANGE ON MIGRANT WORKERS IN THE GULF
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 26 Jun 2023
Standort: Vereinigte Arabische Emirate
Unternehmen
Good Luck Manpower - Recruiter , Federal Security Services - EmployerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( 1 - Nepal , Sicherheitsfirmen , Gender not reported )Themen
Verletzungen , Recht auf Nahrung , Wasserzugang , Einschüchterung & Drohungen , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Personalbeschaffungsgebühren , Krankheit , Occupational Health & Safety , Heat exposure , Poverty WagesAntwort
Antwort erbeten: Ja, von The Resource Centre
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Ergriffene Maßnahmen: Neither company responded.
Art der Quelle: NGO
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 26 Jun 2023
Standort: Katar
Unternehmen
Asia Link Services - RecruiterAndere
Not Reported ( Bau ) - EmployerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( 1 - Nepal , Bau , Men , Unknown migration status )Themen
Recht auf Nahrung , Wasserzugang , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Krankheit , Medikamentenzugang , Personalbeschaffungsgebühren , Contract Substitution , Heat exposure , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Wage TheftAntwort
Antwort erbeten: Ja, von The Resource Centre
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Ergriffene Maßnahmen: None reported. Asia Link Services did not respond to request for comment.
Art der Quelle: NGO
This report is the third from the Vital Signs Partnership, a coalition of human rights organisations working to research the deaths of migrant workers in the Gulf states, and to promote enhanced protection for workers’ health. Our first report attempted to quantify and explain the deaths of lowpaid migrant workers in the six states of the Gulf Cooperative Council (GCC) and identified serious and systematic problems in the manner in which deaths are investigated in the GCC. The second described the various barriers that prevent workers from accessing non-emergency healthcare in the region and identified these as a factor in the exceptionally high-rate of unexplained deaths of migrant workers.
In this report, we explore how extreme temperatures and the Gulf states’ abusive labour practices combine with devastating consequences for the health of migrant workers. We find that long-term exposure to extreme heat leads to chronic health problems which require lifelong treatment