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Needed and Exploited – the Invisible Suffering of Migrant Domestic Workers

29/08/2010 Advocacy, Domestic servitude, Female face of migration, Labor exploitation, Migration by Caritas Communications

The issue of migrant domestic workers is a major one in many parts of the world. It is sometimes linked to trafficking in human beings and it affects women to a large extent. Migrant domestic workers are often victims of severe human rights violations, which often are unreported and go unpunished. The most extreme forms ...

Imagine a migrant’s rights protected: Caritas in action

29/08/2010 Advocacy, Domestic servitude, Female face of migration, Labor exploitation, Migration by Caritas Communications

Caritas organisations belong to ERSO (European Reintegration Support Organisations). Led by Caritas Austria, it offers counselling to migrants before they leave their country. In 2008, the project focused on assisting migrants on their return home, especially those who had been rejected for asylum. The book “The Travails of Sri Lankan Migrants” by Fr George Sigamoney, ...

Imagine a migrant’s rights protected: Migrants rights

29/08/2010 Advocacy, Domestic servitude, Female face of migration, Labor exploitation, Migration by Caritas Communications

• Priority should be given to economic and social policies which promote development in poorer countries so people do not feel forced to migrate, • Restrictive migration policies are not the answer. More opportunities in countries of origin would make staying at home more enticing, • Better regulation of the labour market to help avoid ...

Migration: weighing up the options

29/08/2010 Advocacy, Domestic servitude, Female face of migration, Labor exploitation, Migration, Refugees by Caritas Communications

They cross deserts in Mexico and they take to rough seas in unsafe boats in North Africa. They risk alienation, rejection and poverty far from home to create a better life for themselves and for their families. Many of the world’s migrants do this because there’s no better alternative. “History has shown us that people ...

No domestic bliss for migrants in Lebanon

29/08/2010 Advocacy, Domestic servitude, Female face of migration, Labor exploitation, Lebanon, Middle East & North Africa, Migration by Caritas Communications

Aneesa*, 23, arrived in Lebanon during the 2006 war with Israel. She left her home in the Philippines to become a domestic worker with a family. With battles being fought on the streets of Beirut, Aneesa was very afraid and wanted to go back home after just two weeks. It was too difficult to leave so ...

Fight Trafficking: What to do in the European Union?

29/08/2010 Advocacy, Domestic servitude, Europe, Female face of migration, Labor exploitation, Migration, Trafficking by Caritas Communications

They are forced into sexual slavery, their organs are removed, they are exploited in the workplace. These are just some of the realities of the people who fall victim to human trafficking. Caritas members are currently at a meeting in Paris to urge the current French Presidency of the EU to raise awareness about the ...

Caritas urges European Union not to turn migrants into criminals

29/08/2010 Advocacy, Domestic servitude, Europe, Female face of migration, Labor exploitation, Latin America, Migration by Caritas Communications

Caritas is calling on European governments to stop the criminalization of migrants as outlined in new EU legislation. Caritas organisations in Latin America and the Caribbean have urged Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and European Union states to review their harmful common migration policies. Caritas and church organisation in Europe backed the call, saying ...

A way home for a Ukrainian mother

27/08/2010 Advocacy, Europe, Female face of migration, Migration, Ukraine by Caritas Communications

Olga had left her three children in the Ukraine to find work in Belgium.When she realised there could be opportunities to return to the Ukraine and set up a business in her home town, she turned to Caritas. Caritas Belgium’s repatriation programme gives returnees help in finding a home and a way to make money. ...

Female face of migration conference in Senegal

26/08/2010 Africa, Female face of migration, Meetings & Events, Migration, Senegal by Caritas Communications

Caritas Internationalis is organising a conference on “The Female Face of Migration” in Saly, Senegal 30 November to 2 December 2010 in cooperation with Caritas Senegal. The aim of the conference is to better understand the phenomenon of the ‘feminization of migration’, which describes the increasing percentage of women migrating. Caritas Internationalis Director of Policy ...

Advocacy

23/06/2010 Advocacy, Female face of migration, Migration by Caritas Communications

In April and October at the UN in Geneva, Caritas highlighted that women who migrate and work in people’s homes can be exploited and abused. Caritas made recommendations on how to improve the situation of migrants, based on a study of experiences collected from members and partners. Caritas attended the annual consultations of the UN ...