Countries of Origin Country of Origin No. of cases registered (Jan-May 2021) No. of cases registered (2020) India 620 146 Indonesia 200 44 Nepal 116 372 Bangladesh 115 67 Philippines 62 73  Among cases documented from origin countries, India accounted for the largest proportion of cases at 620. Indonesia has the largest number of registered cases of wage theft at 200 cases for the period of January – May 2021.  From India, the maximum number of wage theft cases were registered in UAE, accounting for 51.9% of its total caseload. This is followed by Kuwait (27.1%) and KSA (20.6%).  From Bangladesh and Philippines, the highest number of cases were registered in KSA at 54.7% and 46% respectively.  A majority of Nepal’s cases were registered in GCC countries with Bahrain accounting for 43 of the 117 cases, followed by Qatar at 28 cases and KSA at 20 cases. 14 cases were registered in Malaysia as well.  Apart from KSA, the Philippines reported cases from UAE (11) and Kuwait (8). Other countries included Hong Kong, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar and Singapore – majority of these cases were of domestic workers.  With the improvement in data collection on the platform, Indonesia now displays a majority of cases from Malaysia (80), followed by Philippines (60), China (29) and KSA (16). Indonesia further reported cases of wage theft from South Korea (6), Singapore (4), Iraq, Japan, Poland, Sri Lanka and Taiwan. INDONESIA 9% 16% 43% 32% Malaysia Philippines China KSA 10

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