Kuwait Times, Wednesday, Aug 25, 2021 | Muharram 17, 1443
Absconding maids should be deported, pay airfare: MP
Emirates:
MP Abdullah
Al-Turaiji yesterday submitted an amendment to the law governing domestic
workers in the country that calls to deport workers who flee their sponsors and
make them pay for the ticket back home. He said the amendment aims at protecting
the rights of the employers against the workers who flee homes without referring
to the reasons for leaving work.
Many domestic workers complain of ill-treatment and abuse by employers that
sometimes reach the extent of beating and torture, forcing maids to escape to
safer places. In some cases, workers flee to other employers for better pay and
working conditions. Turaiji said in his amendment that people who provide
shelter or work to the absconding maids should be fined KD 2 per day since the
day of informing authorities.
Kuwaiti citizen Saleh Al-Rasheedi was yesterday released from the state security
which held him for several days without stating any reason, MPs Saad Al-Khanfour
and Mohammad Al-Rasheedi said on Twitter. MP Rasheedi said he will not let this
incident pass without questioning those responsible.