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Despite a ban on hiring household service workers (HSWs) from Philippines and Indonesia, unscrupulous agencies are supplying them here illegally, according to an organisation of domestic workers.
Nancy Alabata, president of Dubai Overseas Filipino Workers and founder of a group called Jebel Ali Village Nannies, told Khaleej Times on Wednesday that the ban should be lifted and a monitoring of domestic helpers' condition should be enforced instead, if these countries are really concerned about the maids.
Meanwhile, both the countries have confirmed that the ban will stay and there is a lot to make them less vulnerable to exploitation.
Explaining the modus operandi of the agencies, Alabata said: "Some agencies recruit them from home countries and bring them to the country on three-month tourist visa, on the promise of getting employed."
"If they don't get employed after three months, they will be sent back and return on another tourist visa. The cost is initially shouldered by the agency but it will eventually be deducted from the maids," added Alabata.
Hiring of Filipino domestic helps by individual employers was halted in June 2014 after the Ministry of Interior introduced a unified contract for domestic workers that led to the suspension of Philippine consular role in verifying and attesting employment contracts.
Meanwhile, the Indonesian government has imposed a ban last year on the deployment of maids to all countries in the Middle East, including the UAE. WATCH MORE AT: [ Ссылка ]
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