Countries of Destination
CASE DISTRIBUTION PER COD
2020
Oman
2021
18
China
29
Qatar
41
Bahrain
46
Philippines
60
Malaysia
95
Kuwait
182
UAE
357
KSA
252
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100
150
200
250
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350
Figure 2: Number of cases per country of destination
The data provided is only based upon data submitted to the platform and is NOT to be interpreted as an
indicator of performance of each COD with respect to wage theft.
Among the countries of destination, we see that UAE has registered 357 cases of wage theft within the
period of January – May 2021, accounting for 32.33% of the total casework.
While KSA had registered 292 cases in 2020, it has registered 252 cases as of 31 May 2021. 182 and 95
cases were registered from Kuwait and Malaysia respectively.
Although Philippines was not usually considered a country of destination, 60 cases of wage theft were
registered by Indonesian construction workers in a group case.
Except for 3 cases of domestic workers, all cases registered in China were from migrants in the fishing
industry.
We see the differences as an overall improvement in data collection and engagement with the platform
by members and partners (due to better outreach). Other countries of destination include Singapore (6
cases), Lebanon (4), Jordan (4), Taiwan (2), Vietnam (2), Libya (2), Hong Kong, Iraq, Japan, Taiwan (1
case each).
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