GENEVA, Switzerland — Some migrant domestic workers in Lebanon have been locked in homes while their employers flee from Israel's air strikes, the United Nations said Friday.
GENEVA, Switzerland — Some migrant domestic workers in Lebanon have been locked in homes while their employers flee from Israel's air strikes, the United Nations said Friday.The UN's International Organization for Migration said foreign domestic staff were increasingly being abandoned by the Lebanese families to face heightened danger in the conflict.
Nearly a year after Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, Israel announced it was shifting its focus to securing its northern border with Lebanon.Israel's attacks on Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon have killed more than 1,000 people since September 23, according to the Lebanese health ministry, while hundreds of thousands have fled their homes in a country already mired in economic crisis.
Raises Plight Of Migrant Domestic Workers In Lebanon
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