VICEさんのインスタグラム写真 - (VICEInstagram)「The kafala system, or indentured servitude, also prevalent in Saudia Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman, is known for taking advantage of domestic workers from countries around the world. In Lebanon, where more than half of the country’s domestic workers are Ethiopian, employers have been accused of confiscating passports, withholding salaries, and inflicting physical and sexual abuse. ⁠ ⁠ Now, as the country reels from an economic crisis, global pandemic, and the Beirut blast, many of the women brought to Lebanon have been left unemployed, largely neglected by their government, and unable to afford return flights to Ethiopia. Many domestic workers have also been rendered homeless, dropped off outside of their consulates by employers no longer able to afford their salaries. Some women were forced to sleep on makeshift cushions laid over pieces of cardboard on sidewalks. “He threw me out like he was discarding trash,” Alem Gifeto, a former domestic worker who returned to Ethiopia last week after being separated from her family for two years said of her former employer.⁠ ⁠ Largely forgotten by international agencies, some survivors of Lebanon’s kafala system were flown home to Ethiopia last week.⁠ ⁠ Link in bio.⁠」9月25日 4時56分