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CAMPAIGN RECAP – QUICK STATS
As of December 2021, the JFWT-Uwazi platform has recorded 2604 cases of wage theft across
Asia. This includes cases registered from the
launch of the campaign onwards.
CASE TYPE
Individual
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Of these, there were 50 group cases of 1219
people in total.
The size of each group case ranged from 159
to 203 victims.
Average number of victims per group case
was around 24-25.
26 group cases were filed by Nepali
documenters while 11 group cases were filed
from Indian documenters. Indonesian
documenters recorded 7 group cases and
documenters from the Philippines filed 6
group cases in total.
Group
47%
Malaysia
10%
Bahrain
8%
Saudi Arabia
41%
Kuwait
11%
UAE
20%
Saudi Arabia
UAE
Kuwait
Qatar
Bahrain
Individual
53%
Overall, the 5 countries of
origin with the greatest
number of cases registered
include India (950 cases),
Nepal (619), Bangladesh
(436), Indonesia (429) and
the Philippines (158).
COUNTRIES OF DESTINATION
Qatar
10%
Group
The 5 countries of destination
with the highest number of
cases reported include KSA
(885 cases), UAE (437),
Kuwait (240), Qatar (228),
Malaysia (212) and Bahrain
(171).
Malaysia
Disclaimer: The figures, statistics within the report are based upon the limited documentation of cases
submitted to the JFWT platform or separately to MFA. It does not intend to implicate any country,
government, industry, employer, etc.