MIGRANT WORKERS
Sorrow in the Land of Deserts

Indonesian migrant workers have again become victims of mistreatment in Saudi Arabia. There is no memorandum of understanding between the two countries.

December 1, 2010

SUMIATI binti Salan Mustapa has to spend her days in room number 125, ward 1B, at the King Fahd Hospital in Medina, Saudi Arabia. The young woman from West Nusa Tenggara lies weak and exhausted in a special ward measuring 4 x 6 meters for patients suffering burn injuries after almost dying due to mistreatment by her employer.

“Her condition is good. She is conscious, and eating lots,” an Indonesian Consulate General staff member in Jeddah to

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