Labor Ministry warns beach resorts who ban entry of MWDWs

The Lebanese Labor Ministry said it has received complaints about a number of beach resorts ‎who are banning entry of migrant domestic workers, with or without the company of their ‎employer households. Accordingly, the ministry issued a statement describing this action as a ‎clear infringement on human rights, stressing that it will take the necessary legal procedures ‎against them. The ministry also asked owners of similar resorts to undo their disrespectful ‎measures against individuals, notwithstanding their color, race or ethnicity, threatening to take ‎appropriate action against violators. Moreover, the statement went on to say, the ministry “is ‎serious in providing legal protection to migrant workers, as part of its conviction and recognition ‎of the human nature of this category of workers, and on the basis of fighting all forms of human ‎trafficking and discrimination as observed in the international human rights conventions”. (Al ‎Diyar, An Nahar, July 5, 2016)‎