The Secret Slaves of the Middle East (2016)

How are unskilled workers being trapped and trafficked in the Middle East Mary Joy DaoAy is a Filipino maid who used to be a domestic worker in Lebanon She left her 3 children in the Philippines planning to pay for their education by earning a higher salary working in the Middle East Instead she was forced to flee for her own safety and got stuck in Lebanon seeking refuge at a shelter THE SECRET SLAVES OF THE MIDDLE EAST is the story of Mary Joys desperate struggle for justice in a country with no labour laws protecting foreign domestic workers and where the special Arab Kafala System renders it impossible for an unskilled worker to leave the country or change their employer It is the story of how poverty leads unprivileged women from developing countries to be deceived and trafficked into slavery