"Migrant worker issues in MENA overshadowed by European refugee crisis: report", 06 December 2015
International attention toward the refugee crisis and illegal migration to Europe has overshadowed another persistent issue in the region: human trafficking and the exploitation of migrant workers. A policy research report titled “The Other Migrant Crisis, Protecting Migrant Workers against Exploitation in the Middle East and North Africa” launched in Beirut Friday sought to turn some of that attention back to migrant workers. Among the challenges facing the Middle East, according to the report, was the need to support over 4 million Syrian refugees, in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey. This was in addition to Iraqi refugees who had to flee from Daesh’s brutality, the report added. The policy research paper was produced under the framework of International Organization for Migration’s Action to Protect and Assist Vulnerable and Exploited Migrant Workers in the Middle East and North Africa (PAVE Project) in partnership with the Walk Free Foundation. The project took place in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq and Saudi Arabia. A total 243 human trafficking victims were assisted by IOM, but the report analyzes 162 cases. Research was also conducted from roundtables held between governments and NGOs in Ethiopia, the Philippines, and Lebanon and Jordan…
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