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2025-02-21 18:30:05 UTC

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The minister’s public involvement initially gave the impression of a government-to-government agreement, but as events unfolded, it became clear that private agencies were facilitating the process—some with a history of charging excessive fees and engaging in unethical practices

2025-02-21 18:30:05 UTC

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Candidates reported being asked to pay commissions ranging from KES 55,000 to KES 400,000, often financed through bank loans where the funds are directly deposited into the private recruitment agencies account.

2025-02-21 18:30:05 UTC

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#Recruitment from Kenya to the #GCC, particularly #Qatar, has long been marred by corruption, with bilateral labour agreements failing to address these issues. MR's Vani Saraswathi investigated exploitative recruitment practices in the corridor, shedding light on the role of #Gulf-based consultants.
https://www.migrant-rights.org/2022/06/huge-recruitment-fees-charged-for-jobs-in-the-gulf-qatar-recruiters-accused-of-demanding-the-highest-commissions/.
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2025-02-21 18:30:05 UTC

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Jeff Ochieng, the author of our latest report, recounted his own experience of being trafficked to #Qatar https://www.migrant-rights.org/2024/09/dreams-buried-building-18-street-644-al-rayyan-qatar/
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2025-02-21 18:30:05 UTC

At the heart of the controversy is a #Qatari company that the initial recruitment drives were organised for, and which #Kenya's Labour Minister claims came recommended by his Qatari counterpart.
https://www.migrant-rights.org/2025/02/kenyan-recruitment-to-qatar-and-other-gcc-states-marred-by-false-promises-and-racketeering/

2025-02-21 18:30:05 UTC

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Though #Qatar prohibits charging workers recruitment fees, the Kenyan Minister claims that Qatari companies don’t believe in paying all the costs, “because if workers pay nothing, they have nothing to lose and will want to go back home after three months.”

2024-09-24 10:44:02 UTC

Riad Pasha, a migrant worker from #Bangladesh, wrote to MR about his experiences with recruitment fraud and exploitation in #Saudi Arabia. His wife says she has been unable to contact him since a confrontation with his employer over a week ago.
https://buff.ly/3XSvrk6

2024-08-30 16:40:26 UTC

أصدرت#عُمان قرارا جديدا يعاقب العمال المهاجرين على مخالفات التعمين التي يرتكبها أصحاب العمل، وفي الوقت نفسه أصبح بإمكان أصحاب العمل الآن دفع غرامات مخفضة لتجنب الإجراءات القانونية ضدهم بسبب المخالفات العمالية. https://www.migrant-rights.org/ar/2024/08/%d8%b9%d9%85%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%aa%d8%ae%d9%81%d9%81-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d9%82%d9%88%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%b9%d9%84%d9%89-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b4%d8%b1%d9%83%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%ae%d8%a7%d9%84/