साउदी अरबमा कामदारको यस्तो हरिबिजोक ! साहुले काम गर्ने ठाउ मै कुटे पछी यसरी रुदै लुकेर बसेको अवस्थामा फेला – यो भिडियो हेर्दै भक्कानो फुटेर आउछ (भिडियो सहित)

;

साउदी अरबमा कामदारको यस्तो हरिबिजोक ! साहुले काम गर्ने ठाउ मै कुटे पछी यसरी रुदै लुकेर बसेको अवस्थामा फेला – यो भिडियो हेर्दै भक्कानो फुटेर आउछ (भिडियो सहित) Migrant Indian workers in Saudi Arabia are subjected to a myriad of human rights abuse. Passports of Indian workers are confiscated by employers. Many find that the terms and conditions of employment have been grossly interfered with. A mechanic is told his job is to herd camels. A driver is asked to tend to the garden. Wages are not paid for months. Work hours stretch for 15-18 hours.

The deception begins right from India: About work conditions including wages, nature of employment, hours of work and payments to the sponsor. Excessive fees are asked for employment visas. There is deception about the legality of the work arrangement.

According to the United Nations, “The employment agent himself can be considered a trafficker if s/he knows or turns a blind eye to the fact that the employer is recruiting the worker for the purpose of exploitation, but is deceiving the worker about his intention.”

A large number of employers in Saudi Arabia treat migrant Indian workers like dirt. They hold the power to send them to jail with a litany of charges. Ironically, it is the responsibility of the government in India and authorities of the Gulf countries to protect the migrant worker. There are also non-state actors such as recruitment agents/visa brokers in India and the Gulf besides the sponsors in Saudi Arabia.

In a report released in July titled ‘Exploited Dreams: Dispatches from Indian Migrant Workers in Saudi Arabia’, Amnesty International said recruiting agents and visa brokers remain beyond the pale of regulation.

Access to remedy for migrant workers is almost totally absent. On return, workers find it harder to find regular jobs. In many cases, migrant workers are in debt and struggle to repay visa loans.

“Migrant workers in Saudi Arabia are vulnerable not only because of individual acts of deception and abuse by rogue visa brokers, recruiting agents and employers in Saudi Arabia but also because of the design and implementation of policies and laws that regulate the recruitment and employment of migrant workers in India and Saudi Arabia,” says the report.

A third of the migrant workers face problems with wage payments. Wages are arbitrarily deducted. There is underpayment, late payment and even non-payment. In some cases, wages are not paid for months, or are not paid at all even though workers are forced to continue working if they want to be paid some day.

Work hours are much in excess of the eight-hour maximum prescribed by Saudi labour law. Some workers work between 15 to 18 hours a day – which severely affects their health – but are not paid or are underpaid. “Some workers said they were made to work on all seven days of the week without a day’s rest,” says the Amnesty report

The post साउदी अरबमा कामदारको यस्तो हरिबिजोक ! साहुले काम गर्ने ठाउ मै कुटे पछी यसरी रुदै लुकेर बसेको अवस्थामा फेला – यो भिडियो हेर्दै भक्कानो फुटेर आउछ (भिडियो सहित) appeared first on Daleema News.