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Lebanon's Migrant Workers Mark May Day

Categories: Middle East & North Africa, Lebanon, Arts & Culture, Ethnicity & Race, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, International Relations, Protest, Women & Gender

KAFA (Enough Racism and Violence) [1] posted [Ar] that the migrant domestic workers in Beirut celebrated Labor's Day by holding a demonstration in which they demanded an end to the Kafala System [Sponsorship System] [2]. The demonstrationĀ culminated with a gathering in a public park where the workers shared different aspects from their respective cultures.