Indonesian migrant workers in Middle East face abuse and rape
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Indonesian migrant workers in Middle East face abuse and rape
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In seeking work abroad, Indonesian migrants are particularly vulnerable to abuse. In countries like Malaysia, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, they often work up to 18 hours a day without any days off. Many are unpaid and held in forced servitude; others are confined, beaten or raped by their employers.
Anis Hidayah, executive director of the Jakarta-based advocacy group Migrant Care and recipient of Human Rights Watch’s Alison Des Forges Award, monitors abuses against Indonesian workers.
She and Nisha Varia, a senior researcher for the Women’s Rights Division of Human Rights Watch, tell Worldview what’s being done to curb the exploitation.