Chị Cao Thị Huyền đoàn tụ với gia đình tại Việt Nam
The husband of Mrs. Cao Thị Huyền shared his thoughts upon their family reunion
Labor export is a “national policy” of the Vietnamese government in its so-called “poverty eradication” program. These labor export programs also cause tragedies for several participating female workers including being beaten by their employers, deprived of wages, sexually assaulted, starved, and forced to continue working after contracts expire and some of them went missing for many years. A typical example is the case of Mrs. Cao Thi Huyen.
Mrs. Huyen’s contract expired on May 9, 2019, but she was not allowed to return home although her husband, Mr. Diep, went to Thuan An DMC Labor Export Company to complete the contract liquidation procedure.
On February 2, 2020, Mrs. Huyen escaped from her employer’s residence and went to the police station nearby to ask for help. The police called the owner, along with the representative of Thuan An DMC, Ms. Quach Thi Thu Hien to verify. They both promised to bring Huyen back to their home country within two weeks. Since then, Huyen had gone missing until she was rescued by the Saudi police on March 9, based on location information provided by BPSOS.
On March 13, 2022, Mrs. Huyen returned home. Her employer covered the cost of her repatriation flight.
The following is a video interview with Mr. Quach Van Diep, Mrs. Huyen’s husband, about this migrant worker’s conditions after returning home.
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