[17 Nov 2013] Saudi Arabia self inflicted crisis - English
Saudi Arabia continues its brutal crackdown on undocumented migrant workers. The crackdown is seemingly aimed at eradicating the kingdom\'s high...
Saudi Arabia continues its brutal crackdown on undocumented migrant workers. The crackdown is seemingly aimed at eradicating the kingdom\'s high unemployment rate. Thousands of foreign workers are on the run as security agents of the world\'s top oil exporter begin to raid businesses, markets and residential areas in an effort to arrest migrants.
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[17 Nov 2013] New videos emerge of Saudi Arabia crackdown on Ethiopian...
Saudi Arabia continues its brutal crackdown on undocumented migrant workers. The crackdown is seemingly aimed at eradicating the kingdom\'s high...
Saudi Arabia continues its brutal crackdown on undocumented migrant workers. The crackdown is seemingly aimed at eradicating the kingdom\'s high unemployment rate. Thousands of foreign workers are on the run as security agents of the world\'s top oil exporter begin to raid businesses, markets and residential areas in an effort to arrest migrants. Take a look at this story:
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[17 Nov 2013] Amnesty Intl censures Qatar for conditions of workers -...
International human rights groups have censured Qatar and Saudi Arabia for their treatment of migrant workers.
Amnesty International has issued...
International human rights groups have censured Qatar and Saudi Arabia for their treatment of migrant workers.
Amnesty International has issued a report criticizing the conditions of workers preparing venues for the 2022 World Cup. The report details non-payment of wages, harsh working conditions, and poor standards of accommodation. Meanwhile, Human Rights Watch has urged Persian Gulf monarchies to take additional steps to safeguard migrant workers. In a statement, HRW appealed to the Arab states to adopt the new codes of the International Labor Organization. Saudi Arabia is currently conducting a brutal crackdown on undocumented workers. Several people -- including three Ethiopians -- have been killed since the kingdom launched a visa crackdown two weeks ago.
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[28 Nov 2013] Saudi Arabia to deport thousands of Egyptian workers -...
Decades of lax immigration enforcement in Saudi Arabia allowed migrants including Egyptians to take low-wage jobs in the kingdom. Now, thousands of...
Decades of lax immigration enforcement in Saudi Arabia allowed migrants including Egyptians to take low-wage jobs in the kingdom. Now, thousands of Egyptians are facing deportation as Riyadh launches a visa crackdown on undocumented foreign workers.
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[01 Dec 2013] HRW urges Saudi Arabia to probe last month-s crackdown on...
A leading human rights group has called on Saudi Arabia to probe the recent violence during a regime crackdown on undocumented migrant workers....
A leading human rights group has called on Saudi Arabia to probe the recent violence during a regime crackdown on undocumented migrant workers.
Human Rights Watch has warned of a \"humanitarian disaster\" if the workers remain held in Saudi deportation centers. The Arab kingdom in the Persian Gulf launched a clampdown on illegal migrant workers earlier last month.
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[24 Dec 2013] UNHCR: 20 Percent of people living in Lebanon are refugees...
The United Nations says one out of five people living in Lebanon are refugees who have fled the conflict in neighboring Syria.
The Office of the...
The United Nations says one out of five people living in Lebanon are refugees who have fled the conflict in neighboring Syria.
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees announced the number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon has surpassed the eight hundred and 48 thousand mark. The Office of the UNHCR also said about seven hundred and 93 thousand have registered as refugees. The Lebanese authorities say the exact number could be even higher since many of the Syrian refugees are unregistered and undocumented migrants. Lebanon has refused to set up official camps for refugees from Syria. Many live in hundreds of unofficial tent settlements on its northern and eastern peripheries. Lebanon currently hosts the highest number of refugees from Syria. More than a million other Syrians have fled to Jordan and Turkey.
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[26 Dec 2013] UN: One in five Lebanon residents Syria refugees - English
As Lebanon is grappling with an influx of Syrian refugees, the latest UN figures highlights the extent of the crisis. The United Nations High...
As Lebanon is grappling with an influx of Syrian refugees, the latest UN figures highlights the extent of the crisis. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has said one out of five people living in Lebanon are refugees who have fled the conflict in neighboring Syria.
Some 30 percent of the Refugees live in substandard shelters. Lebanon\\\'s government has refused to set up official camps for the refugees fearing a crisis similar to that of the Palestinian refugees 52 thousand of whom were living in Syria. Many of Syrian refugees are unregistered and undocumented migrants and live in hundreds of unofficial tent settlements on northern and eastern peripheries. The figures provided by the UNHCR do not include hundreds of thousands of refugees who are not registered. But estimates show that there could be over one million Syrian refugees in Lebanon living in tents like these. Some, 280,000 are children of school age, and over 70% very much dependent on any humanitarian aid they can get. The greatest suffering in the camps is seen in the eyes of the children. This boy was eager to go on television hoping that our presence would attract humanitarian aid. The women complain about how they\\\'re not getting enough help for their children: This man was a school teacher in Syria\\\'s Hama. Now he\\\'s trying to help create an educational center for children of school age, many of whom have not received any education for two years: Lebanon currently hosts the highest number of refugees from Syria. More than a million other Syrians have fled to Jordan and Turkey. The United Nations has warned that the number of Syrian refugees will almost double over the next year to top four million.
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