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Feminist. Domestic Worker. ኢትዮጵያዊት። Founder of @EgnaLegnaDWU Lebanon based Ethiopian migrants’ rights organization. #AbolishKafala #YourHomeOurPrison
Dec 7, 2020 4 tweets 1 min read
Today, a four year old child and her mother were supposed to travel to Ethiopia after Egna Legna paid for their ticket from Beirut. The mother was struggling as domestic worker in Lebanon and had a lack of food and living space. But Lebanese airport security arrested her tonight. She committed no crime. But in Lebanon most employers make false accusations of theft when their worker escape abuse they do this to no pay salary. So when she arrived at the airport, they stopped her. Her child was one of 17 children who we buy tickets for tonight.
Jul 31, 2020 6 tweets 2 min read
We bought air ticket for this sister July 14th Beirut to Addis Ababa. At airport, she was arrested because her madame called police &said she run away. But truth is madame threw her outside the Ethiopian consulate after contract finished. Instead of going home she went to prison! Before July14 I contacted her madame to see if there were problems. The madame said no problems, she called police to remove complaint & the girl could travel. We were happy. So we booked the ticket online. Her family live in Ethiopia Kembata zone countryside they were happy too.