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Over 23,600 Indonesian workers deported this year

Friday, December 26th, 2008
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Over 23,600 Indonesian workers deported this year
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia deported 23,644 Indonesian migrant workers, mostly maids, in 2008. Most of these workers entered the Kingdom on Umrah visas and overstayed, said senior Indonesian officials.

“The total number of Indonesian workers deported this year will be a little more than the figure of 23,644 given by the Indonesian Consulate in Jeddah,” said Indonesian Embassy spokesman Arif Suyoko.

“In fact, the total number of deported workers from Saudi Arabia as a whole can be higher if we include Riyadh immigration also,” said Suyoko, who was commenting on a report compiled and released by Indonesian Consul General Abdullah Mansyur.

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Dreams Turned Nightmare: Is There Still Hope for Stranded OFWs in Jeddah?

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
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Full story here:  Dreams Turned Nightmare: Is There Still Hope for Stranded OFWs in Jeddah? | Bulatlat

They went to Saudi Arabia with dreams of giving a better life to their families. But when they arrived in the kingdom their dreams turned into a nightmare. They had to escape abusive employers. And when they did they were left in a limbo, with no jobs, no money, and no means to go back home.They have not received their salaries for several months, some for a year or two, and the longest for 18 years. They have lived under a bridge, then in tents within the Philippine Consulate’s premises. Some of them have been duped by fixers, with promises of helping them return to the Philippines through the backdoor. They have been transported to different deportation facilities with hands and feet cuffed. They have been jam-packed in small cells, brawling with other stranded migrant workers for food to survive another day. They fear that they will be returned to their abusive employers whom they have already escaped from. Some of them have lost contact with their loved ones in the Philippines, because they do not have the money to do so or because the Saudi police have confiscated their mobile phones.

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