Cambodian migrant workers stranded in Jordan returned home after intervention by NGO and Cambodian Gov.
On 31 July, 28 Cambodian migrant workers who were stranded in Jordan returned to Cambodia. The workers have been trapped in Jordan without employment or income for over three months, due to lay-off amidst the pandemic. The workers were employed by Vega Textile Co., Ltd, and Camel Textile International Corporation; two garment factories located in Al-Karak city in Jordan. Their contracts were ended by the respective companies on 17 March 2020.
A statement by the Center for Alliance of Labor and Human Rights (CENTRAL) confirmed that according to the unified contract for migrant workers in Jordan, as well as the workers’ verbal agreements with Vega Textile and Camel Textile, the companies are responsible for purchasing flight tickets for the workers to return home. However, the companies failed to honour their agreement with the workers.
As such, CENTRAL called upon the Cambodian government to intervene to facilitate the return of the workers. Accordingly, The Cambodian Embassy in Egypt had cooperated with the Jordanian government and companies’ owners in order to coordinate the repatriation of the workers, as Cambodia does not have an embassy in Jordan. The embassy affirmed that each workers received a flight tickets and USD 3000 of other benefits.
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Cambodian migrant workers return from Jordan
作者: Khy Sovuthy, Camboja News
Nearly 30 Cambodian migrant workers returned to Cambodia from Jordan on July 31 after they were stranded without employment or income in the country for more than three months.
Khun Tharo, program manager at labor rights group Central, said the 28 workers landed at Phnom Penh International Airport on chartered flight after their employment contracts at two garment factories in Al-Karak were terminated on March 17.
Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman Koy Kuong said July 31 that the embassy in Egypt had cooperated with the Jordanian government and the factory owners to urge them to honor their contracts with the workers.
作者: Kanika Som, Khmer Times
"Central urges intervention for citizens stranded in Jordan", 03 July 2020
Center for Alliance of Labor and Human Rights ... called for the government’s assistance in the repatriation of 21 Cambodian workers currently stranded in Jordan.
..., Central said the workers from Vega Textile Co Ltd and Camel Textile International Corporation pleaded for help after their respective companies ended their employment ...
The factories, located in the Jordan city, Al-Karak, are under a Taiwan-based parent company which also operates two factories in Cambodia – the Optimum Fashion Manufacturing Co Ltd and UIC Apparel Manufacturing Co Ltd.
“According to the unified contract for migrant workers in Jordan, as well as the workers’ verbal agreements with these companies prior to leaving Cambodia, Vega Textile and Camel Textile has the responsibility of purchasing the [workers’] flight tickets back to Cambodia upon the end of their employment,” the statement said...
Central executive director Moeun Tola said: “I’m looking forward to seeing the immediate intervention of the Cambodian government in saving their citizens who are helplessly stuck abroad while facing unemployment and no means to return home.”
He expressed hope for a successful repatriation flight organised by the Cambodian government, similar to last month’s operation which saw the evacuation of Cambodian workers stranded in Malaysia...