Covid 19 coupled with the August 19 Beirut explosion left many Kenyan

migrant domestic workers homeless, jobless in lebanon and desperate

to return home to Kenya.

15/10/2020

Mercy* (not her real name) was part of the group of migrant workers protesting outside the consulate in Beirut asking the Kenyan government to repatriate them. She says they camped and waited outside the consulate for weeks until wellwishers came to their aid. Today she shares her experiences in Lebanon as a Migrant domestic worker and her journey back home.

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