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‘We lie on the floor till someone buys us’: shocking allegations of UAE agencies’ abuse of domestic workers

www.theguardian.com ‘We lie on the floor till someone buys us’: shocking allegations of UAE agencies’ abuse of domestic workers

Women interviewed by the Guardian report agencies denying them food and passports, holding them captive, and ‘selling’ them on social media

‘We lie on the floor till someone buys us’: shocking allegations of UAE agencies’ abuse of domestic workers

In a series of interviews conducted over several years, 14 women from east Africa and the Philippines recounted their experiences with recruitment agencies hiring for the United Arab Emirates, including alleging they were denied food, held captive and treated violently.

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  • I worked in the UAE for a while. It was so obvious that there is effectively a slave class. The Emiratis think they’re gods and look down on everyone else a disposable and subhuman. That entire region is fucked but the West turns a blind eye because of money. FIFA, FIA, etc.