The murder of George Floyd prompted a global discussion on racism in the US but Lebanon also has a history of racial injustices. Its Kafala system enables the worst form of discrimination against black people and others from South and East Asia
In this Saturday, May 23, 2020 photo, an Ethiopian domestic worker cleans her employer's balcony, in Beirut, Lebanon.
The worst economic turmoil since the country's 1975-1990 civil war, has sparked an unprecedented street movement against a political class accused of corruption, incompetence and taming sectarian attitudes. An Ethiopian domestic worker cries as she waits with dozens of others outside the Ethiopian consulate, some inquiring about flights home, others stranded after they were abandoned by employers who claimed they could no longer afford to pay their salaries, in Hazmieh, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, June 4, 2020.
In contrast, migrant workers have no right to end the agreement. If they flee their abusive workplace out of desperation, they automatically become undocumented and expose themselves to the risk of detention, deportation or even death. “Migrant domestic workers in Lebanon are trapped in a web woven by the system,” Haidar told TRT World.
The Lebanese Labor Law explicitly excludes domestic workers -both migrant and local- and denies them basic protections enjoyed by other workers such as minimum pay, workplace safety, maximum working hours. Hence, the only legal document is the contract which gives enormous power and full authority to employers.
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