No papers, no jab: Lebanon’s migrants face barriers to COVID-19 vaccination
Beirut, LebanonThomson Reuters Foundation An Ethiopian who has lived in Lebanon for more than two decades, Jamal, aged 70, speaks Arabic with a near-native tongue. But like many migrants, he had no idea that he was entitled to a COVID-19 vaccination under the nation’s inoculation drive, and that due to his age, he should be […]
New contract for Lebanon’s migrant maids only a first step, rights groups warn
Amman, JordanThomson Reuters Foundation Rights campaigners said the launch of a new contract for migrant domestic workers in Lebanon was a positive first step but that far deeper reform was needed to abolish the kafala sponsorship system they blame for widespread labour abuses. Caretaker Labour Minister Lamia Yammine said on Friday she had issued a […]