“Tamkeen” center for support revealed that last year, there were 10,408 of migrant workers and 6558 were expelled, criticizing the absence of clear mechanisms and standards in the Ministry of Labour for those who are expelling foreign workers.
The center pointed out that the ‘spectre’ of expulsion has become like a sword on the necks of migrant workers with several nationalities as it is issued automatically, routinely and quickly. The deportation of any migrant worker, who is arrested by stakeholders, whether with a residence permit or not, and those who have been issued the deportation are not given a sufficient time to complain. Moreover, the labour law grants the employer to issue a residence permit and a work permit, but in case that he does not do so, the migrant worker is punished, and some of those who have been transferred have not obtained their rights, and some of them have filed cases in court for recovery.
In this respect, the center called for the search for legal solutions to prevent the deportation and expulsion of workers and to reduce the slow pace of litigation for migrant workers, who have cases in courts, in the light of provisions that make the period of limitation of labour rights is two years and for damage is three years. As a result, victims of human trafficking are being denied to have judicial redress for their rights.
It also called for the amendment of the Residence and Foreigners Law and its inclusion in stipulating the granting of facilities or exemptions to the foreigner, who have been victimized by trafficking and not to be treated like the ordinary foreigner in violation of the law of residency. In addition, it called for amending the crime prevention law so that it is not used by some employers to force foreign workers to work for them and use it as a means of threat as a form of punishment.
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