‘We lie on the floor till someone buys us’: shocking allegations of UAE agencies’ abuse of domestic workers
摘要
日期: 2023年10月12日
地点: 阿拉伯联合酋长国
其他
Not Reported ( 职业介绍所 ) - Recruiter受影响的
受影响的总人数: 数字未知
外劳和移民工人: ( 数字未知 - 菲律宾 , 家佣中介公司 , Gender not reported )议题
Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , 剥夺言论自由 , 扣留身份证件回应
Response sought: 否
后续行动: None reported.
信息来源: News outlet
摘要
日期: 2023年10月12日
地点: 阿拉伯联合酋长国
其他
Not Reported ( 职业介绍所 ) - Recruiter受影响的
受影响的总人数: 1
外劳和移民工人: ( 数字未知 - 肯尼亚 , 家佣中介公司 , Gender not reported )议题
Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Poverty Wages , 隐私 , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , 恐吓和威胁 , Denial of leave回应
Response sought: 否
后续行动: None reported.
信息来源: News outlet
摘要
日期: 2023年10月12日
地点: 阿拉伯联合酋长国
企业
Maids.cc - Recruiter受影响的
受影响的总人数: 数字未知
外劳和移民工人: ( 数字未知 - 亚洲与太平洋地区 , 家佣中介公司 , Gender not reported ) , 外劳和移民工人: ( 数字未知 - 非洲 , 家佣中介公司 , Gender not reported )议题
种族/民族/阶层/出身歧视 , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy回应
已邀请回应：是，由The Guardian
后续行动: Maids.cc did not respond to request for comment.
信息来源: News outlet
摘要
日期: 2023年10月12日
地点: 阿拉伯联合酋长国
企业
Leadership Tadbeer/ Tadbeer WTC - Recruiter , TikTok (part of ByteDance) - Other Value Chain Entity , Meta (formerly Facebook) - Other Value Chain Entity受影响的
受影响的总人数: 数字未知
外劳和移民工人: ( 数字未知 - 埃塞俄比亚 , 家佣中介公司 , Women , Documented migrants ) , 外劳和移民工人: ( 数字未知 - 斯里兰卡 , 家佣中介公司 , Women , Documented migrants ) , 外劳和移民工人: ( 数字未知 - 印度尼西亚 , 家佣中介公司 , Women , Documented migrants )议题
种族/民族/阶层/出身歧视 , 隐私回应
已邀请回应：是，由The Guardian; the Resource Centre
载有回应的故事： (查看更多)
后续行动: Tadbeer provided comment to the Guardian; responses from TikTok and Meta can be read in full.
信息来源: News outlet
摘要
日期: 2023年10月12日
地点: 阿拉伯联合酋长国
企业
Al Forsan Tadbeer - Recruiter , Meta (formerly Facebook) - Other Value Chain Entity , Instagram (part of Meta) - Other Value Chain Entity受影响的
受影响的总人数: 数字未知
外劳和移民工人: ( 数字未知 - 地点未知 , 家佣中介公司 , Women , Documented migrants )议题
种族/民族/阶层/出身歧视 , 隐私回应
已邀请回应：是，由Journalist; Resource Centre
载有回应的故事： (查看更多)
后续行动: 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.
信息来源: 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.