Abandoned by employers, Ethiopian domestic workers are dumped on Lebanon’s streets

The economic crisis in Lebanon, exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic, has sparked a distressing phenomenon of predominantly Ethiopian migrant domestic…

The economic crisis in Lebanon, exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic, has sparked a distressing phenomenon of predominantly Ethiopian migrant domestic workers being fired and dumped outside their country’s consulate in Beirut. Ethiopian authorities haven’t been much help, leaving NGOs to provide as best they can.