Malawi Govt Struggles to Probe Reported Worker Abuse in Oman: Malawi
Malawi officials said Friday that they have been seeking to investigate alleged abuses of Malawians trafficked to the Middle Eastern nation, but that Omani officials have refused their visas.
The arrests are part of the crackdown of people operating unregistered job recruitment agencies who are trafficking Malawians to countries like Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Oman under the pretext of finding them jobs. Malawian Minister of Homeland Security Jean Sendeza said at a news conference Friday that the two police officers were arrested Thursday for granting"trafficked persons" clearance to travel to Oman through the Kamuzu International Airport.
She said the medical worker, a public hospital officer, was arrested for providing health certificates for the trafficked persons that cleared them of any diseases, while the Burundian refugee was allegedly conspiring with other people in human trafficking."We have got a lot of cases in our courts -- as of now we have got seven cases that have been concluded and 71 of them are still active," Sendeza said.
For example, in a Facebook post that went viral last week, a Malawian woman working in Oman alleged that she'd suffered abuses such as rape, torture and poor pay. She compared her situation in Oman to that of slavery.Get the latest in African news delivered straight to your inbox
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