Trafficked in on “artiste” visas
I guess an “Artiste” creates Art.
It is gut wrenching to know this goes on EVERYWHERE. Can’t it please end!
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_trafficking_in_Lebanon
Human trafficking in Lebanon
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lebanon is a destination for Asian and African women trafficked for the purpose of domestic servitude, and for Eastern European and Syrian women trafficked for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation. Lebanese children are trafficked within the country for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation and forced labor in the metal works, construction, and agriculture sectors. Women from Sri Lanka, the Philippines, and Ethiopia migrate to Lebanon legally, but often find themselves in conditions of forced labor, through unlawful withholding of passports, non-payment of wages, restrictions on movement, threats, and physical or sexual assault. During the armed conflict in July 2006, Sri Lankan domestic workers reported being restricted from leaving the country by their employers. Eastern European and Syrian women come to Lebanon on “artiste” visas, but some become victims of trafficking for commercial sexual exploitation when they are subjected to coercive acts such as unlawful withholding of passports, restrictions on movement, threats, and physical assault..
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https://thearabweekly.com/little-solace-human-trafficking-victims-lebanon
Beirut - Lebanon was struck by the biggest human trafficking scandal in recent memory in March, when 75 Syrian women, who had been enslaved, beaten and forced into prostitution, escaped the red-light district of Maameltein, north of Beirut.
YIKES!