The head of Kuwait’s Federation of Domestic Labor Recruitment Offices said the salary of new Ethiopian domestic workers in Kuwait will be set around 90 dinars ($293) per month amid talks about labor agreement between the two countries, Addis Standard reports. Kuwait is one of the destinations for Ethiopian domestic workers migrating to Middle Eastern countries in search of a better life. However, the Ethiopian workers had complained about harsh working conditions. In March 2017, a video that went viral on social media showed an Ethiopian domestic falling from the seventh floor of a residential apartment building in the Gulf country. Reactions on social media forced the Arab country to suspend the recruitment of Ethiopian domestic workers.

Source: Ethiopian News May 18, 2022 10:25 UTC