Lebanese dump Ethiopian domestic workers in streets as Covid-19 hits
Lebanese labour laws offer little protection for migrant workers
17 July 2020 - 11:01
Addis Ababa — Ethiopian mother Alemtsehay Nasir went to Lebanon dreaming that her maid’s job would let her earn money to make a better life for her young son. But she was fired when the Covid-19 pandemic hit and her employers dumped her on the streets.
The 32-year-old was left on the curb outside the Ethiopian consulate in a suburb of Beirut, one of hundreds of women abandoned by employers without the means to get home after the pandemic hit, on top of a financial crisis that has devastated the Lebanese economy...
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