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. In a series of interviews conducted over several years, 14 women from east Africa...
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October 17, 2023October 17, 2023Human Rights, News
Revealed: allegations of abuse and captivity without pay at UAE’s lucrative recruitment agencies
As Nia scrambled to the top of a Dubai compound wall, she paused for a moment. Behind her were a group of fellow Kenyan women, also being held captive, who had helped her climb up. On the other side of the wall there was an expanse of busy streets in an unfamiliar land. “Jump!” the women urged,...