‘We lie on the floor till someone buys us’: shocking allegations of UAE agencies’ abuse of domestic workers
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 12 Oct 2023
Ubicación: Emiratos Árabes Unidos
Otro
Not Reported ( Agencias de empleo ) - RecruiterAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: Número desconocido
Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( Número desconocido - Filipinas , Agencias de trabajadores/as domésticos/as , Gender not reported )Temas
Condiciones de vida precarias/inadecuadas , Negación de la libertad de expresión , Retención de pasaportesRespuesta
Response sought: No
Medidas adoptadas: None reported.
Tipo de fuente: News outlet
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 12 Oct 2023
Ubicación: Emiratos Árabes Unidos
Otro
Not Reported ( Agencias de empleo ) - RecruiterAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: 1
Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( Número desconocido - Kenia , Agencias de trabajadores/as domésticos/as , Gender not reported )Temas
Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Salarios precarios , Privacidad , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Intimidación y Amenazas , Denegación de salidaRespuesta
Response sought: No
Medidas adoptadas: None reported.
Tipo de fuente: News outlet
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 12 Oct 2023
Ubicación: Emiratos Árabes Unidos
Empresas
Maids.cc - RecruiterAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: Número desconocido
Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( Número desconocido - Asia & Pacífico , Agencias de trabajadores/as domésticos/as , Gender not reported ) , Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( Número desconocido - África , Agencias de trabajadores/as domésticos/as , Gender not reported )Temas
Discriminación por origen racial/ étnico/ de casta , Access to Non-Judicial RemedyRespuesta
Respuesta buscada: Sí, por The Guardian
Medidas adoptadas: Maids.cc did not respond to request for comment.
Tipo de fuente: News outlet
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 12 Oct 2023
Ubicación: Emiratos Árabes Unidos
Empresas
Leadership Tadbeer/ Tadbeer WTC - Recruiter , TikTok (part of ByteDance) - Other Value Chain Entity , Meta (formerly Facebook) - Other Value Chain EntityAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: Número desconocido
Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( Número desconocido - Etiopía , Agencias de trabajadores/as domésticos/as , Women , Documented migrants ) , Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( Número desconocido - Sri Lanka , Agencias de trabajadores/as domésticos/as , Women , Documented migrants ) , Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( Número desconocido - Indonesia , Agencias de trabajadores/as domésticos/as , Women , Documented migrants )Temas
Discriminación por origen racial/ étnico/ de casta , PrivacidadRespuesta
Respuesta buscada: Sí, por The Guardian; the Resource Centre
Historia que contiene respuesta: (Más información)
Medidas adoptadas: Tadbeer provided comment to the Guardian; responses from TikTok and Meta can be read in full.
Tipo de fuente: News outlet
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 12 Oct 2023
Ubicación: Emiratos Árabes Unidos
Empresas
Al Forsan Tadbeer - Recruiter , Meta (formerly Facebook) - Other Value Chain Entity , Instagram (part of Meta) - Other Value Chain EntityAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: Número desconocido
Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( Número desconocido - Ubicación desconocida , Agencias de trabajadores/as domésticos/as , Women , Documented migrants )Temas
Discriminación por origen racial/ étnico/ de casta , PrivacidadRespuesta
Respuesta buscada: Sí, por Journalist; Resource Centre
Historia que contiene respuesta: (Más información)
Medidas adoptadas: Al Forsan did not respond to request for comment. The Resource Centre invited Meta to respond to the allegations; the response can be read in full.
Tipo de fuente: News outlet
Women seeking jobs as domestic workers in the UAE allege they are being detained and abused in squalid accommodation, while recruiters sell them over apps and social media platforms to household employers, according to interviews and documents seen by the Guardian...
The women’s testimony gives a rare insight into what life is like in domestic worker agency accommodation as migrants wait, in limbo, for an employer to take them on...
UAE recruitment agencies routinely advertise the women they are holding for sale online. The Guardian has located dozens of these adverts on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok, where women’s photos are displayed, alongside their personal information, where prospective buyers leave comments on the pages and inquire about prices...
Maids.cc, a licensed recruitment agency, has an app and website from where people can select, order and pay for a maid without even meeting her first...
The monthly prices users pay per maid are according to race, the website states – with employers charged less for the services of a black maid. “Filipinas AED3,500 ($952)/month” and “Africans AED2,700 ($735)/month,” it states, but does not disclose the amount of the payment that is actually received by the maid in salary...
Separately, another agency, Leadership Tadbeer (sometimes known as Tadbeer WTC), in Abu Dhabi, advertises maids on TikTok and Instagram. On Instagram, the women advertised are from Indonesia, Ethiopia and Sri Lanka. Their services are being sold for between AED1,100 and AED1,400 a month...
A spokesperson for Leadership Tadbeer said: “Regarding the issue you highlighted, here in the UAE our minister of human resources has organised the relationship between the sponsor, worker and agents.
“Regarding the salary, don’t forget there is also free accommodation, free food, free personal staff, phone allowance and good health insurance. You can see here in UAE, more than 200 nationalities live together safely. Everyone here respects each other.”
Meanwhile, the Dubai-based Al Forsan Tadbeer agency adverts on Instagram and Facebook list the maid’s names, ages, marital status, passport number, nationality, number of children and weight, and describe their “complexion” in terms such as “fair”, “black”, etc, alongside their photographs...
Maids.cc and Al Forsan did not respond to multiple requests for comment.