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Immigrant Workers in Jordan Dictatorship Face Abuse, Rape

December 20, 2012 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

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DAVOS/SWITZERLAND, – H.M. King Abdullah II Ibn Al Hussein, King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is captured during the session ‘Conversation with the King of Jordan’ at the Annual Meeting 2010 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 29, 2010. Copyright by World Economic Forum
swiss-image.ch/ Photo by Monika Flueckiger

Life continues to grind immigrant workers in Jordan into ground like many Arab dictatorships

Abuse of Jordan foreign workers is widespread modern slavery

Asian maids in Jordan tell of abuse, misery

AFP – Norhima Hayral from the Philippines sought refuge in a shelter for abused Asian housemaids in Jordan to escape from employers she says both beat and raped her. “The recruitment agency took my passport the second I arrived in Amman’s airport” six months ago, 27-year-old Hayral told AFP at the shelter.

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Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Jordan, Middle East, Philippines

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