The case of Ethiopian domestic workers in the Middle East

OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE (ODI) DECEMBER 2014 – Recent research on child migration has largely departed from the early trafficking narrative and has tended to highlight agency and the ways in which children’s migration can play a key role in their ‘future-seeking’. Migration is increasingly regarded as a vehicle for improving children’s opportunities for schooling and

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Family of murdered Ethiopian maid refuses to accept blood money

Four sentenced to death for rape and murder ordered to pay blood money. Gulf News By Aghaddir Ali Sharjah: The Sharjah Appeals Court has ordered four Emirati men, who were spared the death penalty after being convicted of murder in 2009, to pay blood money to the victim’s family. The ruling was issued on Monday.

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Family of murdered Ethiopian maid refuses to accept blood money

Four sentenced to death for rape and murder ordered to pay blood money. Gulf News By Aghaddir Ali Sharjah: The Sharjah Appeals Court has ordered four Emirati men, who were spared the death penalty after being convicted of murder in 2009, to pay blood money to the victim’s family. The ruling was issued on Monday.

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Mediterranean Migrants: Human Trafficking Gang ‘Took Organs as Payment’

IB Times By Umberto Bacchi A gang of human traffickers accepted migrants’ organs as payment for smuggling them to Europe in a perilous journey from northern Africa, an Italian police investigation has revealed. The gang, composed by Libyans and Eritreans, allegedly demanded that asylum seekers pay €1,500 (£1,200) up front to board one of the

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Saudi citizen imprisoned for having illicit relations with Ethiopian maid

Arab News A 30-year-old man in Qatif has been sentenced to six months in prison and 90 lashes for having illicit relations with a Ethiopian housemaid. The defendant was given 30 days to appeal to the ruling. The maid’s sponsor felt the presence of a stranger in her room at dawn, but was unable to

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No Ethiopians to Kuwait

By Muna Al-Fuzai Kuwait is no more open to Ethiopians – male or female workers cannot enter the country. The Ministry of Interior suspended the entry of all male and female Ethiopians workers since February because of the crime rate recorded among this nationality in terms of murder and theft. Such a decision is like

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About 200 African migrants, mostly from Ethiopia and Eritrea, detained west of Tripoli en route to Europe.

Al Jazeera African migrants detained in Libya About 200 migrants, mostly from Ethiopia and Eritrea, have been detained in Zawiya west of Tripoli as they tried to cross to Europe while hidden in vehicles, Libyan officials have said. “Two hundred migrants, including 160 men and 40 women from Ethiopia and Eritrea, were captured. They were

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Four suffer burns in ‘maid attack’  

MENAFN – Arab News - (MENAFN – Arab News) An ethiopian housemaid has been arrested for allegedly pouring boiling cooking oil on four members of a saudi family in the town of dawadmi in riyadh. the man and his wife suffered first-degree burns. the two children’s injuries are not serious local media reported on friday.

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Ethiopian Maid Could Face ‘Death Penalty’ in Kuwait

Arab Times online KUWAIT CITY, March 17: The Public Prosecution on Monday resumed interrogation of an Ethiopian housemaid, accused of killing a 19-year-old Kuwaiti woman, identified as Seham Hummoud Al- Shimmari, in Sulaibikhat. The prosecution also ordered extension of the

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