Over 800 workers stranded in Dubai
Resumo
Data informada: 3 Abr 2020
Localização: Emirados Árabes Unidos
Empresas
Sea Bird Supermarket - EmployerAfetados
Total de pessoas afetadas: 800
Trabalhadores migrantes e imigrantes: ( 45 - África , Varejo , Gender not reported ) , Trabalhadores migrantes e imigrantes: ( 300 - Índia , Varejo , Gender not reported ) , Trabalhadores migrantes e imigrantes: ( 200 - Nepal , Varejo , Gender not reported ) , Trabalhadores migrantes e imigrantes: ( 200 - Paquistão , Varejo , Gender not reported ) , Trabalhadores migrantes e imigrantes: ( 50 - Sri Lanka , Varejo , Gender not reported )Temas
Direito à Alimentação , Taxas de Recrutamento , Contract Substitution , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Restricted mobility , Debt Bondage , Privação da liberdade de ir e virResposta
Resposta solicitada: Sim, por Resource Centre
História contendo resposta (Saiba mais)
Medidas tomadas: Workers complained to the police who told them it was a labour case; when they tried filing a labour complaint they were told as it was a fraud case the police would be responsible. The supermarket's owner stated that they had only recently acquired the business; they claimed responsibility lay with the previous owner. Business & Human Rights Resource Centre reached out to invite Sea Bird Supermarket to comment on the allegations; it did not reply. In May 2020, Migrant Rights reported that the supermarket has since rebranded as Bluebird but the UAE Government has yet to resolve the issue.
Tipo de fonte: NGO
Over 800 workers, including around 60 women, employed or recruited by Sea Bird Supermarket have been left stranded for more than a month in Dubai. All of them have paid... recruitment fees ('document fees') to the employer...
a worker representative says that the ordeal seems to be a case of outright recruitment fraud...
25 of these workers are in a dire state and require immediate help, as they have no food or accommodation... the police said this was a labour case. When they tried filing a labour complaint, they were told this was a fraud case and only the police would be able to deal with them.