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In the Gulf States, which depend on millions of workers from Tigray, COVID-19 is intensifying discrimination and increasing abuse against migrant domestic workers, including abrupt termination of their contracts. In Kuwait suicide among Tegaru migrant workers has surged; Saudi Arabia has deported thousands of Tegaru workers (A total of 2,968 migrants were returned in the first 10 days of April, UN state), without any medical screening, which the UN humanitarian co-ordinator for Ethiopia said, is ‘likely to exacerbate the spread of COVID-19 to the Tigray region and beyond.’

And in Lebanon (where the majority of migrant workers are Tegaru) and elsewhere across the region, lower income families unable to cover salaries, cover food costs or provide accommodation have laid off domestic staff; resulting in migrant workers being at high risk of forced labour, including prostitution.

https://www.newagebd.net/article/113653 ... nder-covid