The Nepali Guards Caught in the Chaotic US Evacuation of Afghanistan
摘要
日期: 2023年8月29日
地點: 阿富汗
企業
GardaWorld - Employer其他
Government ( 公共實體 ) - Government受影響的
受影響的總人數: 數字未知
移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 尼泊爾 , 安保公司 , Men , Unknown migration status )議題
Poverty Wages , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Occupational Health & Safety , 訊息獲取回應
已邀請回應：是，由The Resource Centre
載有回應的故事： (查看更多)
後續行動: The Business and Human Rights Resource Centre invited GardaWorld to respond to the allegations in the article, and to outline what steps the company has taken to remediate the workers following the evacuation. GardaWorld did not respond to the Resource Centre’s request for comment. After the evacuation, other than receiving some compensation for lost belongings and salary, the workers stated that they never heard from GardaWorld again. The article alleges their abrupt loss of income caused financial hardship. The article notes that several of the guards interviewed are ‘struggling to pay for housing costs and their children’s education’.
資訊來源: News outlet
“The Nepali Guards Caught in the Chaotic US Evacuation of Afghanistan”
…From one end of the Himalayas to the other, thousands of Nepalis recruited as security guards to protect embassies and compounds in Afghanistan left their families and homes behind for pay of about $4 per hour. During a typical 12-hour shift, they held dangerous positions…
…Around the time of the evacuations, the U.S. Central Command reported that out of the nearly 27,000 contractors working for the United States in Afghanistan, only 11,000 of them (around 40 percent) were American…
… at least 12 Nepali guards hired under U.S. government subcontracts were killed or injured in Afghanistan…
Neither the U.S. nor Nepali governments were responsible for evacuating the guards safely. Instead, their safety and well-being was left in the hands of GardaWorld, the private security company which had contracted them…
Other than receiving some compensation for their lost belongings and salary, they never heard from GardaWorld again. Two years later, most are still unemployed…