06/07/2021
Wage Theft Case; UAE Leads in Numbers - Indian Flash News
a group case. Except for 3 cases of domestic workers, all cases registered
in China were from migrants in the fishing industry.
The report mentions that the workers who filed cases regarding wage theft
in the UAE were primarily from four countries. A total of 324 cases were from
India, 13 from Bangladesh, 11 from Philippines and nine from Nepal.
Saudi Arabia saw 124 cases registered from India, 63 cases from
Bangladesh, 29 from Philippines, 20 and 16 cases registered from Nepal
and Indonesia respectively.
Malaysia saw a majority of cases from Indonesian workers (80) and
workers from Nepal (14).
All cases registered in relation to China were pertaining to Indonesian
migrant workers.
43 cases registered in Bahrain were of Nepali migrant workers of a group
case.
29 cases in Qatar were also registered by Nepali migrant workers.
GENDER DISTRIBUTION
912 cases out of 1,113 cases were of male migrant workers and 201 of
female migrant workers.
Among countries of destination, Saudi Arabia registered the highest
number of cases of female migrant workers (80)
Malaysia followed with 73 cases of wage theft from female migrant
workers. Malaysia is the only destination country where more female
migrants’ cases were reported than male migrants.
UAE, Kuwait and Qatar registered respectively 12, 9 and 6 cases of wage
theft faced by female migrant workers
Female migrants faced wage theft in Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, China,
Philippines and Singapore
Among countries of origin, Indonesia filed the highest number of cases
with respect to female migrant workers at 86
Philippines and Bangladesh filed 59 and 51 cases respectively. Philippines
was the only origin country that has registered more female cases than
t (3 cases).India and Nepal
registered three and two
cases
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