UAE: Protesters allege young Sudanese men are being deceived by security firm & forced into military training camps
Résumé
Date indiquée: 26 Jan 2020
Lieu: Émirats arabes unis
Entreprises
Black Shield Security Services - EmployerConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: 300
Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( 300 - Soudan , Sociétés de sécurité , Gender not reported )Enjeux
Travail forcé et esclavage moderne , Substitution de contrat , Mobilité restreinte , Déni de liberté de mouvementRéponse
Response sought: Non
Mesures prises: The case came to light due to protests by relatives of the recruited men. Black Shield Security Services issued a statement denying that they had mislead or deceived recruits about the nature of the jobs offered.
Type de source: News outlet
"Protest in Khartoum against UAE firm recruiting Sudanese to fight in Libya and Yemen," 27 Jan 2020
[Protesters] demonstrated in Khartoum...to protest against sending young Sudanese men [via] an Emirati company to Libya and Yemen...[to] serve as security guards in the [UAE].
Several reports appeared...[from those young men] who returned to Khartoum. Travel[ling] to the UAE after signing a contract with the UAE-based Black Shield Security Services Company to work as [private security guards],...[the young men claim]...they were taken to a...military training camp in the desert...[and subject to] manipulation and pyscological preparatio[n] to convince them to go to [conflict-areas like]...Libya and Yemen.
Observers in Khartoum estimate that over 300 Sudanese...have left for the UAE under [similar] contracts with [Black Shield Security Services Company].
Black Shield Security Services Company...denied allegations of "deception and misleading" its employees about the nature of the jobs it offers..., [further stating it]..."reserves [the] right to take any legal and judicial measures against [those] who has offended the company".