CNI News
30 August 2022
Because eight women who were trafficked in Dubai, UAE and facing a distress uploaded a video file asking for help, The Burmese Embassy in Riad city has released a news report that they are providing assistance for these women to be able to return home.
The news report states that a video file under the account name of Khaing Lay asking for help for the women in distress in Dubai was released on August 25. The Burmese Embassy contacted Dubai where these women are located and conducted negotiations on August 26 between these women and the broker who brought these women in.
The women who were in trouble and ask for help said that they were sent to Dubai by an agent Ma Mie Mie, that they were locked in a house and that there was a forcible attempt to send to Iraq.
They said, “I came from Yangon to Dubai to work as a maid with agent Ma Mie Mie’s dispatch. 7 of us came together and we had to hand over our passports to Ma May Phone a.k.a Ma Htet Htet a.k.a Ma Kay a.k.a Ma Kay Thi Myint.
The women who are asking for help
In addition to not making contact with us, they told us that they will send us to Iraq whether it will be overstaying or not. We refused to go but it didn’t work. They said that we had to pay 100,000,000 if we don’t go. We came to work as a domestic worker which is the lowest level to work in a foreign country because we don’t have any money. But they forced to send us to Iraq if we couldn’t pay 100,000,000. Finally, not being able to take it anymore, we broke the doors open and escaped. We went to the police but they were of no help. Now we can’t even go back to Myanmar. They made it impossible for us to return to Myanmar. We ask for help but no one responded.”
Although they said that there were seven of the women involved, but the Myanmar Embassy in Riad City stated that it is eight women.
The Myanmar Embassy in Riad city stated that with their negotiation, the passports were returned to these eight women and that there is an agreement on planning and implementation for the women to return to Myanmar as soon as possible.
The announcement of the Myanmar Embassy in Riad
The Myanmar Embassy announced that during the planning process, in order to ensure safety between this broker and the women, to prevent unwanted problems from occurring again and to make necessary inquiries, they were temporarily sent from their residences in UAE CID to CID headquarters in Dubai.
The Myanmar Embassy in Riad said, “They will be processed and investigated according to the laws, immigration, and police procedures of the United Arab Emirates and those who are not in violation of these laws will be released.”
Then, the Myanmar Embassy announced on August 28 that they are contacting the UAE officials in a timely manner and are coordinating with Burmese social organizations in Dubai to help the escapees depart to Myanmar as soon as possible.
