Gulf: Migrant-Rights.org investigation reveals recruitment fees for Ugandans highest for security & hospitality jobs despite govts' efforts to tackle issue
Resumo
Data informada: 15 Set 2022
Localização: Quatar
Outros
Not Reported ( Empresas de Segurança ) - EmployerAfetados
Total de pessoas afetadas: 1
Trabalhadores migrantes e imigrantes: ( 1 - Uganda , Empresas de Segurança , Gender not reported )Temas
Taxas de RecrutamentoResposta
Response sought: Não
Medidas tomadas: None reported.
Tipo de fonte: NGO
Resumo
Data informada: 15 Set 2022
Localização: Emirados Árabes Unidos
Outros
Not Reported ( Empresas de Segurança ) - EmployerAfetados
Total de pessoas afetadas: 1
Trabalhadores migrantes e imigrantes: ( 1 - Uganda , Empresas de Segurança , Gender not reported )Temas
Contract Substitution , Wage TheftResposta
Response sought: Não
Medidas tomadas: None reported.
Tipo de fonte: NGO
Resumo
Data informada: 15 Set 2022
Localização: Emirados Árabes Unidos
Outros
Not Reported ( Agências de Emprego ) - Recruiter , Not Reported ( Serviços de Buffet e Alimentação ) - EmployerAfetados
Total de pessoas afetadas: 1
Trabalhadores migrantes e imigrantes: ( 1 - Uganda , Serviços de Buffet e Alimentação , Gender not reported )Temas
Taxas de RecrutamentoResposta
Response sought: Não
Medidas tomadas: None reported.
Tipo de fonte: NGO
Resumo
Data informada: 15 Set 2022
Localização: Emirados Árabes Unidos
Outros
Not Reported ( Agências de Emprego ) - Recruiter , Not Reported ( Empresas de Segurança ) - EmployerAfetados
Total de pessoas afetadas: 1
Trabalhadores migrantes e imigrantes: ( 1 - Uganda , Empresas de Segurança , Gender not reported )Temas
Taxas de RecrutamentoResposta
Response sought: Não
Medidas tomadas: None reported.
Tipo de fonte: NGO
Resumo
Data informada: 15 Set 2022
Localização: Emirados Árabes Unidos
Outros
Not Reported ( Limpeza e Manutenção ) - EmployerAfetados
Total de pessoas afetadas: 1
Trabalhadores migrantes e imigrantes: ( 1 - Uganda , Limpeza e Manutenção , Gender not reported )Temas
Taxas de RecrutamentoResposta
Response sought: Não
Medidas tomadas: None reported.
Tipo de fonte: NGO
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"Exorbitant fees entrap Ugandan workers in the GCC", 15 Sep 2022
As Ugandan migration to the GCC increased exponentially over the last decade, so have complaints of wage theft, contract substitution, and other forms of exploitation. Public pressure on the Ugandan government to protect workers has resulted in new recruitment regulations and bilateral agreements with destination countries. But enforcement both at origin and destination remains weak, exposing workers to high risks of debt bondage and related labour trafficking situations...
Job placement fees vary across agencies. According to our research, fees range between USh 2,000,000-USh 8,000,000 (US$559–US$2,237) and are paid after passing the interviews...
Other key findings:
- Most of the security guards interviewed said that they were provided professional training by the recruitment agencies before being deployed. It is unclear if the fees paid covered these costs.
- The recruitment fees workers paid to work as security guards in the UAE include recruitment fees, visa documentation, labour cards, medical check-up and passport processing fees, among others.
- Many workers reported that wages were frequently delayed.
- Accommodation for security guards was congested. One respondent said many of them were cramped eight to a small room...