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Hundreds of foreign domestic maids were dumped outside their embassies last summer in Lebanon after the families they worked for could no longer afford their wages.
The horrific scenes were a symptom of the country’s economic meltdown but also Lebanon’s use of foreign workers – a system which human rights groups say amounts to “modern-day slavery".
The BBC's Martin Patience has been speaking to domestic maids about their experiences and looking into whether their situation has changed.
Producers: Nour Matraji, Umaru Fofana and Rachael Thorn
Filmed by: Daniel Banguru, Lee Durant and Rachael Thorn
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The horrific scenes were a symptom of the country’s economic meltdown but also Lebanon’s use of foreign workers – a system which human rights groups say amounts to “modern-day slavery".
The BBC's Martin Patience has been speaking to domestic maids about their experiences and looking into whether their situation has changed.
Producers: Nour Matraji, Umaru Fofana and Rachael Thorn
Filmed by: Daniel Banguru, Lee Durant and Rachael Thorn
Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog
#BBCNews
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