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- BBC News Arabic’s undercover investigation exposes the people in Kuwait breaking local and international laws on modern slavery, including a woman offering a child for sale.
At the centre of this powerful investigative film is Fatou, a 16 year old in Kuwait City who has been there for nine months. We follow her rescue and journey back home to Guinea, West Africa and ask: what’s being done to control the apps promoted on Google, Apple and Facebook-owned Instagram?
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Let's quit candy coating this: It's slavery.
Amen ❤️
@@SonjaHand It made me want to go get her and bring her home to go to college. :)
@@HisWordisLife4U ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Nobody is candy coating it. Who are you talking to?
@@kxmode Did you watch the video?
'How can you have a servant who keeps their own passport? The worst thing is that she gets a day off every week!' Like WTF on earth did I hear?
In Asia, domestic maids rather have no day off to earn a higher salary. Poverty vs economic realities. Capitalism sucks. We need more socialism.
i was wondering if she was ironic about it, but she was not 😳 she said what next..
Heartlesness at its worst.
This is what most Arabs think & behave towards servants!!!
@@ayebarealexander8778 The fact that it comes from a female is ever worse!!!
Hats off to the cop who went out of his way to locate her family even if he didn't succeed. He cared enough to try.
This employer law that an employee can't leave without employer consent is absolutely unacceptable on all accounts. How can this be allowed??? I'm concerned about what happens to these women in prison too. That's a whole other investigation.
So after trafficking humans, the only penalty they get is a banned account? What a world we live in!
Disgusting and vile!!!
Generically speaking, people tend to treat animals better than their fellow humans. If there's an animal being trafficked it's an awful thing. However, when this happens to a human being: "oh well, let's consider, hmm.. It isn't really trafficking or illegal or immoral or inhuman" >.< this is horrible.
@@MissGodsChild agreed ! 😔
We must perish... we do this wrong.. we must have a new world.. Evil is taking over
While the girls that runaway from the abuse are put in prison for months
I don't care how "old-fashioned" someone is, if a person thinks it's okay to "own" a person they are EVIL.
Nicholas Brown girl what
What does this have to do with Islam? This is a country’s culture.
@Nicholas Brown Islam literally teaches you NOT to do this, are you feeling okay?
I remember when Google's motto was "Don't Be Evil."
@@qudsiyagierdien9703 regardless if it the country’s culture it’s still wicked and evil
Thank you to everyone involved with exposing these crimes in Kuwait and for your work to help these people.
very thankful that BBC not only researches and makes these documentaries, but also takes a step further to reach out to governments, companies, families... It might not stop it all but even the smallest change saves lives. God bless you for this.
Isn’t it insane that these are countries where the smallest amount of weed will get you years in prison but child trafficking is ‘a-okay!’
Dumb ass backward societies
Apparently, it is also a-okay in the USA where thousands ok kids are sex-trafficked every day but don't you steal a sandwich from a Walmart because you're hungry and homeless. While on lockdown for the pandemic over 400K kids in the USA went missing. When it was brought to light, the investigative Reporter who shed the light was de-platformed from all social media.
@@myblondeshtshow6913 But I'm sure he say whatever he wants on QAnon media; even if it's total bullshit.
@@mikescarborough9196 Q Anon is BS.
i remember thinking this same thing when i watch a documentary about male child performers in afghanistan, the exploitation is rampant in some places. very sad
"Sara, that's what we call her. I don't even know her real name." A lie, because he holds her passport. Just another way of demeaning her. So evil
Horrible I kept thinking about this too.
A Passport states that a Female Age 16 Years is Age 24 Years, and an Individual stated "We Make Birth Certificates for You". 😶.
I doubt she looked at that passport more than 2x.
I didn't even think about that, Damn. I was too busy being disgusted that he was a cop selling people into slavery. I agree, evil scumbag
@@michaeld4861, sometimes, I Think of the Possible Ways that United States' Citizens can be Transported over International Borders, to Be Sold, including as Slaves, or simply Abandoned in other Countries, including to Be Abused, Kidnapped, etc.
This is a great example that where there is evil there is also goodness. Much respect to those trying to help these girls and solve this problem.
As disgusting as the government is for not cracking down on those cases, even to the point that when video evidence is presented sellers aren’t prosecuted, i think the worst culprits are Silicon Valley themselves. they can spend billions to perfect advertising algorithms yet slave trade can happen freely on platforms like instagram and google. Absolutely detestable
The tech uber rich are heartless greedy bastards but so are the arrogant Arabs that live in some 5th Century delusion that they are superior thanks to their money and culture.
arab women out there crying for their rights yet they themselves look at domestic workers as animaks, so sad
Rights are also relative in people's perceptions.
Excuse me, but not all Arab women are like this. I think you should specify that the gulf Arabs are doing this not all Arabs. It’s like if something happened in Venezuela only but you just lump all Latina’s together as if they are from the same country and act the exact same. Arabs are diverse aF.
@@zahrarose6333 True, It will be a blunder to assume such homogeneity.
They treat domestic workers as slaves but they are crying for their right
The irony
Bravo to the Asian Lady who had been to Prison for nothing and she's out fighting for the safety of others.
The lady is Anna Bunda, founder of Sandigan-Kuwait. "Sandigan" is a Filipino word which can be translated as "someone or something you can lean on." The Philippines has many migrant workers employed in the Middle East.
She is indeed from Philippine Islands and she is a wonderful women for what she does.
Yes Big Respect and much love to Anna
Ann..yees
AMEN !!
This just makes me cry, these girls should be living the best years of their lives. Anyone involved in this should be put to work in the same way to learn compassion for their fellow man.
We need more of this kind of reporting...journalism is used to expose evil. It was sickening to watch the inhumane treatment by those Kuwaiti employers
Ironic how a Cop is helping to find a trafficked person in one country and a cop owns a trafficked person on the other.
Whoa...🤯. I didn't even think about that
No wonder they say All Cops are Bad
@@Blvd40 Bro Me Three
@@israeliana there's a cop trying to help her too...
@@israeliana your statement makes zero logical sense in this situation. One cop is helping and the other one was not helping.
The Activist needs to be careful. May God protect her so she can continue her much needed work. Nobel prize nomination is needed
God does not exist
WHY DOES GOD NOT FIX THE PROBLEM ----- JUST A DREAM.
Totally she needs to be nominated before the Arabs smoke her off
Yes indeed.. but i don't see they are doing much to help improve the situation and ensure the d.workers have a safe place to go in their off days...
The simplest thing is to suggest to authorities is to build a dedicated facility where these domestic workers can go on their off days. A governmental facility where they can exercise, relax, chat and spend a documented one day off per week. This will ensure all domestic workers have one day off, and they can also complain to the authorities in case of abuse.
employers will be more carefull when they know authorities are watching and that they see the worker once every week.
@@americadeserved9-11covid6 ACCORDING TO YOU! BUT NOT ACCORDING TO ALL! I ALREADY LOOKED IT UP, GOD EXISTS, JESUS EXISTS " EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW, EVERY TONGUE SHALL CONFESS THAT JESUS CHRIST OF NAZARETH IS LORD "
Thank you so much. More grace to do more
Just unbelievable thank you everyone needs to see this!!!!
Google and Apple should be ashamed for hosting apps like this. As the the lady said, if they are allowing this apps to be online, they are in one way or another promoting this illegal activity.
@devontodetroit I would agree, if Google and Apple had created totally open platforms, but instead they try to police their users' content (for PR and so the gov't doesn't declare them a utility monopoly) so they are inviting criticism. That shithead Alex Jones got banned, but I'd rather see him on there than this.
@devontodetroit islam is not a culture,
@devontodetroit no there is no so called islamic culture. Do your research please before you say something
Yes, you had also better boycott any stores that sell paper or ink, uniforms manufacturers, and airlines and they are all also in one way or another promoting this illegal activity. Also kitchen knives are by far most common murder weapon, better blame those companies too and all the corner stores that carry them. We should also make bulletin board providers legally accountable for the information that gets displayed on them. Let us attack freedom and competence in accordance with those worst acts that those conditions have enabled.
@@wardaali2144 just google "islamic culture", see how many hits you get. What do you mean "there is no such thing"!? There is, and it's a plague.
This is what legitimate journalism can do. I have to give a lot of credit to the BBC. These stories are hard-earned and dangerous to produce. How wonderful to see that young girl free at the end.
This is what legitimate journalist must do...
I don't care for celebrities life, for celebrities private live, for celebrities gender switch (this just come to mind as a recent point.. i seriously don't care about how you wish to live your life, or which gender you choose . It's your choice, if you're fine with it I'm not one that should be concerned//interested).
I want journalism to give me information and to shed light on topic that people should be aware of to try and make a change...
That’s why it’s called BBC and not CNN or msnbc or Fox News and the others that are owned by the same persons.🙄🙄🙄
@@peacegiver1000 CNN/msnbc/Fox are all owned by the same people?
@@lauragilmore3907 I think they mean they have agendas other than journalism
@@JointFive ah, I see!
thumbs 👍🏿 up documentaries are very informative, several thanks 😊
Everyone who took part in saving that girl are heroes in my eyes. It’s heartwarming, that people are generally appalled by such disgraceful treatment of our fellow human beings, but also extremely sad that it continues to happen. I think it’s true that people selling really don’t imagine themselves evil, it’s born from pure ignorance. Just as trafficking and the business of foreign domestic workers is a product of poverty and desperation.
God bless that policeman who took time off work to try to find this girl's family and traveled for hours determined to make a break in the case.
👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽💖
I know, may God bless and protect him and his family.
such a kind man with a strong heart, so heartwarming seeing him and the girl meet up. i hope everyone who helps free slaves and those freed are all safe and happy in some way or another, everyone deserves freedom.
"How can she keep her own passport, keep a phone, and have a day off?"
WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS WOMAN??
lack of compassion for other humans. its how xenophobia, tribalism, jingoism and racism work. you have to teach people that someone that isnt like them isnt a full human so it erodes compassion for them. thus allowing them to commit, support and excuse the most abhorrent moral atrocities towards anyone. its the same reason why men can kill their own wives and kids at times. they have been taught that the women and children are less than and that the man is better than. oldest blueprint on the planet. religious groups have waged ethnic cleansing and all out genocide off these very simple ancient divisive tactics. you're welcome lol
She's so entitled. She should try being a worker 24/7.
pure fucking evil, they have oil so fuck the poor type of mentality
Stockholm syndrome, foreign country, low self-esteem could be any number of reasons. Why do women in Western culture stay with abusive boyfriends or husbands...
@@soniag4516 @Sonia G u really think u can compare that? Someone who stays in a abusive relation and someone who think she can own someone? Complaining she will have one day free of work in a 24h work shift every freaking day? Do u really want to try to downtalk this? I hope im wrong that u try to defend this or find other things that are bad in the world. But yeah u think only women in western countries stay in a abusive relationship? Its hard when critical noise comes too close to home. Is that coz in other religions they cánt get out? Is that why u say western? Pfff. The question was " what is wrong with this woman" the piece of trash that owes another human being.
Great work @BBC. Real journalism...
This is horrifying. In this day and age. Thank you for the excellent documentary. I am glad these young women are back home. May the rest be saved.
'She can't so no to you' Can you imagine the amount of sexual abuse in this homes
Exactly. Sexual predictors.
I was thinking the same
organise into group for defense and don't be so fucking shy to violence. you can see across all sizes of institutions - your rules, morals etc. are nothing unless you can enforce it and that means if you can take the life of someone else for breaking those agreements. armies, cops, bodyguards, gangs, a few people with sticks - you gotta do the ape thing. Whatever they don't want us to do is exactly what you should have under your tool belt. But well, many are blind and many more have their spirits broken, we can only walk alone.
Yeah, when the Kuwaiti man was selling the girl, saying she can do “anything” and no complain.
She was probably sold because the housewife got jealous.
The lack of empathy for these "domestic workers" is unbelievable.
It's their culture unfortunately :/
A basic human emotion like that is missing…pathetic
@@KT-rk6fn so was everyone elses in the world, the police just don’t care
@@KT-rk6fn like Europeans who build countries on slaves or ameircns who do ethinic cleaning of native's..
No it's not. I believe it.
Thanks for these vids
Very good investigative journalism here! Well done to the journalists and BBC for airing this!!
Absolute respect to the dedication of the Guinean policeman in his search for 'Fatu's' family.
I must say he's good and really helpedout
This man went over and beyond. God bless him
God bless this man and his family. Peace
Omg that first maid was like should I get my bag? She wanted to leave! That’s so sad!
Yeah I wanted to know if they did anything to help her. That bit hurt my heart.
I hope he's not hurting her. She seemed eager to leave.
That moment broke my heart. She must have seen the journalists and immediately recognised them as decent human beings who were different from the rest of her "buyers". Absolutely breaks my heart. Her instinct to survive really showed
It sounded like they would return :/
I picked up on that too. Broke my heart 😢
Amanda so proud of you keep it up helping other not only our own country women and man but the other women in that country....
MABUHAY.....
God bless BBC World
Thank you to the people who uncovered and investigated this! Thank you to all those who help to stop this type of thing. Wow.
"In life, your home is better than anywhere else"
I felt this so deeply
Edcel Torres that’s right
Easy to say when you have wifi
@@kevinswackyworld Hehe I see what you did there!
@bubacarr Barry home sweet home
These countries involved with agencies who recruit individuals to work overseas as “domestic” workers should be investigated and charged with crimes against humanity.
They also pose commercial cleaners, drivers and mechanics. They are even bold enough to purchase advertisement spots on national news papers. They'll find young entrepreneurs too pretend to be intrested in their specializations and lure them with some "connection" with someone in these countries to eventually lure them to going there. Desperation is a very dangerous thing. Its easy to convince a hungry person a rotten fruit is edible.
They too are bought!!! These workers hail from one of the most corrupt nations in the universe!
what about the legal domestic slaves? my country has legal version and they sometimes sound like that lady "how can they have 1 day off every week".
Maybe when their oil dries out...
@@theaegisgundamz those people should be jailed and publicly shamed.
Omg, I'm writing as I view this story. My heart is breaking
It must be horrible to live in a country like that where enslavement, human belittling and hatred are the norm as well as the culture.
God protect my African sisters please
No God won't do anything. He has given us the brain to do it ourselves, but unlike others we have failed to use it.
It's in our hands to change this nonsense, why not our leaders ban it?
It's the belief in a mystery God has our people going through this. Let's not forget that her own uncle sold her out and wouldn't take her back. Let that sink in.
@@lordfedjoe real answer.
Don't take the bait.
@@lordfedjoe cos the leaders probably have a few domestic slaves themselves. But I do agree, god as usual is not doing anything.
The freakin’ Kuwaiti are breaking the law, yet the worker is the one arrested and sent to PRISON? Something is seriously WRONG with Kuwaiti people!
Not with Kuwaiti, but with Islam
Yes indeed.
Nope unless you think the same of Christianity. It's conservative right-wing ideas that fosters this.
Technically the girls entered illegally if underage but definitely, the families selling them should be jailed!
Paul Ally actually you need to learn history my uneducated friend, look up slavery...it’s been around before Christianity began.... please please please before making crazy uneducated post do some research first
I might have come in late, yet it is never too late to pay homage to these wonderful caring humanitarians, endangering their lives for these young ladies in the clutches of heartless evil excuses of human beings. THANK YOU SO MUCH for caring despite the obvious dangers and obstacles. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Excellent documentary!
Imagine these are people who pray 5 times a day.😪
They don't know the righteous God, but the devil is their God. Religious people will hurt you.
But the their last prophet had slaves ?
Bunch of hypocrites
@@annakisakye32 none of the prophets had slaves, on the contrary they preached heavily against slavery and tried to stop it, they even used to buy slaves just to free them. Dont read biased resources that give wrong information to spread hatred
All kinds of people pray.But who ar e they praying to.There's only one God and this is not the work of his people
I remember a few years ago while drinking with a friend from Kuwait he said when you buy a maid you don't need a gf those words were echoing in my head as i watched this
😡
Would you really call that kind of Shi*** a friend?
😢 😠
Wow... omg. I'm shocked!
This made my eyes fill with tears
This is so shocking and so heart breaking 😢 more NEEDS to be done!!
When I reached Fatou's segment I felt really sad. I'm glad people were compelled to help her and give her a better life.
So basically all of the Silicon Valley tech companies involved don’t care at all.
Yep. I'm reposting this story on platforms that aren't involved and going to encourage people to boycott these platforms.
Human life has no value in silicon valley.
I don't thibk that it's on them to stop this. If the general public knows about these apps, then the police knows it too. They are just not doing anything about it. Knowing were the ppl are sold makes it an easy game for the cops to catch the slave traders.
That's our world, our system, we humans 2020
Nor do the people buying and selling slaves. How about we hold them accountable first and foremost.
Most middle east countries are like this when I hear someone is going to work there as a domestic worker especially from Africa I know it's bad news
Think about this. I agree.
I used to work in Oman as a domestic worker mehnn it was hell I prayed day Nd night for my freedom Nd the day I left I couldn’t control the tears of joy.. sexual abuse from d men domestic abuse daily constantly working with no rest Nd no day off. Working tirelessly and you can’t complain else they might kill you
@@tonkin9249 I’m so happy you regained your freedom and sincerely wish your life continues to flourish
@@tonkin9249 twisted ass people in this world. Glad you got your freedom.
they are sold into it by their own families ,obviously its all their good for..somebody gotta clean the house.lol
Horrible that this continues in this day and age. Thanks that this woman is working so hard to help
My filled with tears. I could not even finish the videos. I can't imagine slavery still exists. How cruel people can be!!!!
"Should i get my bag?". I would have bought her just to free her my God
joieMarie g .. me too joieMarie g, I would’ve bought her to free her from that life of utter misery and bondage .. it’s horrific how black women/young girls are exploited, and not just in Kuwait ...
I feel the same, but it's not that simple. Buying her is a crime which could land them in prison, inhibit prosecution of the real perps, damage investigation into the wider corruption and also funds the sale of people. It's like buying cocaine to reduce drug dealing. I'm disgusted at the lack of action taken by the governments/officials. Everyone involved in this deserve life in prison and every one of those 'workers' need saving from this. I'm so disgusted and furious :(
That would be a crime, she is underage. But yes, why they didn't buy these girls and send them home?
@@scopolamin1 Because they're foreign undercover journalists not police on a rescue mission armed with evidence to convict. They are gathering the evidence to try to change the law and change the system. If they confront or get involved they risk either being arrested and charged or driving it further underground. Neither helps the thousands of girls/women in this situation and it muddies the water for legislative and real change. How will they help any of them from prison or if they can't find any of them any more? Worse still, if they were aquitted on the grounds of trying to save them they have just introduced a defence to be used by anyone caught buying girls whatever their real intent.
@@jessicataylor7174 They could help, they just don't do. They fly around for nothing and search the whole country for nothing. Instead they could buy the girl and bring her home. She knows where she is from.
"Even if you keep her up till 5am she won't complain" yes cos she dares not for fear of losing her life or something worse happening to her. 😭 God save these poor and vulnerable workers who are in such positions
I've been a victim in Lebanon last year .working for upto 18 hrs ,no freefom of movement,I was locked in the house whenever they left,no phone to camm Mt family only calls once a month...it's slavery and we have the power to say no to slavery
@@RhonaNuthu_kenya sorry for that, hope u are safe now
No am not safe..we have the power to say no to modern slavery and imprisonment.we have the power to change it for the better.
That man was so disgusting
How can this go on still it's Barbaric... Well done Reporters
This is so sick
what do they mean they dont know its wrong.. if you have to hide someone's passport, keep them locked up in the house and prevent them from speaking to their family clearly u know ure doing something wrong.
exactly my thoughts. Utter nonsense.
It's cultural. You grow up seeing that everyone else is doing it, you'll think that this is normal.
There pretending that they don't know.... But they know it well
Wicket people chat nonsense like that
@@adetolawahab5715 วบอกวรักรักคุนวว9มากน๊าและว9ว9บวบข9วบว9ววข9ววบ9
Heartbreaking.
As much as the apps need to be held accountable, the Kuwaiti government needs to be held accountable and so do the “employers” exploiting these workers.
Common the west is protecting Kuwait you cannot criticise or criminalise Kuwait and their government even human rights, UN , NATO.. would do nothing against Kuwait. ... Kuwait won't sell them cheap oil😂😂😂😂😂
Their own country men( traffickers) who are selling these kids to these ppl needs to be held accountable too.
@@SAGAWISIW30 it's not about selling oil. Kuwait invests in America and Europe, heavily.
Employment is Exploitment business is immoral exchange trade is uncivilized in the abundance in which there is enough to go around for everyone to share.
and we will.... in all ways imaginable...Things have a way of rectifying themselves.
And for some people something is coming that they more than deserve.
Agree. The "owners" are despicable, morally bankrupt creatures.
This always broke my heart 💔 😢😢
Ann is so great w/ her work and her organisation 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽🌞🌷
It's actually disgusting to think that we're taught that slavery is over but it's still very much going on in parts of the world as normal
My dear why we were taught and what the reality is are total opposite. I'll tell you that for free!
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@@redrum4486 maids are not the same as slaves.
@@BG-it7hb I totally agree!
Look up Amazon: futurism.com/deaths-amazon-list-most-dangerous-employers
Sex trafficking: czcams.com/video/4ydmpSw-pmM/video.html
No, some human is so inventive that they find ways to enslave another human being.
“why would I keep the number of someone i traded with?”
you sold a HUMAN. a CHILD.
Yeah well that's evidence of a crime they would want to get rid of that.
what are you trying to say...
Happens by the very people pretending to be righteous
Person is evil, not stupid. Evil sells the child, only stupid keeps the number.
@@angelachanelhuang1651 No monopoly on that unfortunately. People of every faith all over the world have done terrible things to their fellow man from the beginning.
Damn. Good job BBC!
I hope y’all continue to rescue these young ladies
The Kuwaiti government declined to comment further on Fatou's case and the people filmed selling the maids will face no criminal charges. This, in spite of a very senior member of the Kuwaiti authorities, the Head of the domestic worker's office, stating on camera that they had clearly broken the law. 😟 That tells you everything you need to know about these animals and the lack of value they place on the lives of people they consider to be beneath them.
Saddam Hussein invaded that country for a reason. It's a State in the desert with very few people who are soaked in oil money. They don't have boundaries.
@@adrianalainez8499 It is shocking but not shocking all at the same time
Pure evil.......
they pretty much said it for the TV none of them feel this is wrong they just do it to maintain international relation and pretend they care
And just think, ALOT of citizens in the USA think it's TERRIBLE HERE!!!
The man says we are at war with this type of behaviour, but then the people who sold a CHILD dont even get arrested 🤦♀️
anytime you see an official say the punishment for trafficking a child in only six months and the culture is already anti women rights, you already can guess how awful shit is. really the fact that the officials think its ok to own another human says it all. no phone no passport and you cant go out unsupervised? oasdhfo;dfo;sahosdf;sdfshf
Interesting how Mark Zucherberg sensors healthcare professionals who express concerns about the vaccines, but selling & trafficking humans on Facebook & Instagram does not violate their rules. Everyone is outraged at the traffickers, when in reality, they should be even more outraged at these billionaires in Silicon Valley who endorse & make human trafficking possible. Open your eyes people, there are evil people like Zucherberg who commit atrocities on a global stage in plain sight.
The shortest 51 min documentary I've ever watched. I am happy the lady finally left Kuwait and found peace and freedom
Thanks,
It broke my heart when the first lady asked if she should get her bag to leave :'(
That shows made me to believe that she was on a HOT 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥sit
😢😢😢😢😢
Very sad
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The Kuwaiti government is to blame. They could make it stop anytime.
@Lovely Wahu so are they not to be blamed
Kafiiirs doesn't care.
Every single person involved that enabled this atrocity is to blame and should be held accountable.
That was a police officer selling the black woman. Yeah it's the government the Kuwait government is in on this if a police officer is selling a woman this is exactly what I'm talkin about Kuwait and Saudi Arabia people are lazy and all they want to do is just sell people who are vulnerable who's trying to make money to send home to their family. Then I seen one woman say oh no I'm not giving a domestic worker off who does that b**** think she is? And when are they going to say you're busted I'm a police officer and take those women out of there I haven't seen any of them take them out there just doing a sting operation by then some of these women could be dead
Emteepa EmTrayPa agree!!!
These poor poor girls. My heart breaks for them.
As sad as it is , let us not forget that the girl was sold by her own uncle, after her mother died she became a burden and was sold by her own family, this happens to much in west Africa, that children are being sold to work for the family.
And before those families gets a heavy penalty, this will not stop.
This is strange how can a victim be jailed for running away from a perpetrator ?
@ Samuel M, that's their junkie law. Everything is upside down, opposite just like they write from right to left.
@@egobeatussum600 😂😂😂 joke acknowledged even though it's harsh but on the real it is clear that they don't support domestic workers rights
Great dilemma is it not?
@@ladyjulkt6133 indeed it is.
@jane lam talking about sophisticated slavery hey
I wish I was rich enough to buy their freedom. Even more, I wish that wasn't needed.
We ARE rich enough TOGETHER.
You can't buy freedom, you have to fight for it. History shows us this, time and again
@Betty Swalls It hasn't left my mind. I can't unsee it. Been sharing some brainstorming sessions on the matter. We can do whatever we want Bettey Swalls.
.. and to adopt them and provide a bright future.
It pains me how the Kuwaiti government does not do anything. I think that's a big part of the problem.
About 25 years ago, I remember a friend’s child was kidnapped at Disney. A Kuwaiti couple had kidnapped the young girl to take her to their country to work for them. They drugged her, changed her clothes, dyed, and cut her hair. Disney closed down every entrance and exit. Thank God her parents had a recent photo of their daughter. Everyone working Security looked at the faces of every child going out of the park and she was retrieved. These people think they are better than everybody else. I’d never let anyone go to work in the Middle East. Who knows if you’d ever see them again!
Fake story
Thank you so much BBC News for Africa. we Africans proud of you been a mouth those mouth less innocent women and children. May God bless your work.
8:21 the maid asked; "Should I get my bag? " that question from her really broke my heart and made me drop tears. This is inhumane.
that broke me too.. that was tough to see
What she really meant was” take me with you..”
She must be really traumatized. And scared. Really disheartening
She was desperate to leave this house.
heartbreaking
Why is there no one talking about the fact that those slaves can be found on Instagram?
What?!
What do u mean
Show your evidence or just admit that you made that up
Gtfoh
What?! What do you mean?
Thank you BBC
There’s so many evil villains but also many selfless heroes in this story. What an important and well done documentary. It is disgusting how these Arabs view their workers as unhuman
That little girl. Im so happy she got back to Guinea. That policeman is a beautiful human being for trying so hard for her.
Kuwait is awful for continuing to allow this.
I'm thrilled by your comment and your beautiful look. where are you from ?and how are you doing ?
Unfortunately it was just one among hundreds that are still kept prisoners :(
Most politicians are corrupt and only want money :/
bangladeshis philipinos and black africans are treated that way in Arabic states.
the whole country is like an AIDA Ship
It seems like the mindset of many Kuwaitis needs to change. The idea that it is shocking to let your domestic staff off 1 day per week, or that you should not allow your staff to keep their own passports is very eye opening as a Westerner.
What this documentary doesn't cover:
1. The Guinea embassy is involved.
2. The head of domestic workers (or whatever his title is) is just as guilty. He's only there as a front but, they have no intention of fixing anything.
Exactly! they're all guilty, cause these abuses are still at large even in Western countries, under different banners.
Might be that they were only allowed to say so much so that these reporters can continue this work? Leaving the obvious evidence of the problems speak for itself?
I don't know how stuff like this works though.
They are going BURN IN HELL FOR 2000 YEARS.
@@birdyelke775 Oh ? Indeed? Name one
@@thinkcentre2974 of what? You're Think Centre, and I had to mention one, r u an idle thinker? 0 hours contract in western societies is practically a new hybrid contract, that call people in,when they want, and paid them as wish, eventhough they have a7 masters and 1 PHD and all. It's a new brand slavery, I wonder what the young generation will do, with all these robots, that can work for longer hours, without hurting themselves no sick leave, no holidays, no permission for an hour or half day release,no excuses for period pain, headaches, or stress or children are sick, therefore I had to go and fetch them. Robot will do all the tasks, what I do hope, is ,the electricity man, never do any sabotage nor go on strike , shit! Orelse hell will broke loose....hahaha
Facebook! Thank you for your more positive action and we hope you will continue to protect the innocent lives whose only crime is wanting better for themselves and loved ones. Hopefully and Prayerfully the other companies will do the same and even better. 😢😢
This is so sad. Glad this is being brought out to us. How can we help? How can I help?
The Filipino Woman is brave .....
They're sellers themselves, the girl was returned without too much fussed, and her exploiters are free, justify by a liar of a liar, and the Pilipinas, didn't bargain for her to received her money before getting deported, that's for you her being brave?????/
Very brave! I wish there were more people like her over there.
@@birdyelke775 Yes at list she did her best than what most Men cant even do , Even you as a man you cant even do that learn to appropriate her level best.
@@yusufpandor3148 whoa.. 4 ur info am a woman, and am glad of what I do. Therefore stop lowering yourself, my comments are base on what I had seen, and I had worked along Filipinos thou most of them had a kind heart, but it's always a half job done. Sorry to deserted ya...
@@birdyelke775 Noted , yes the other half of the job has to be enforced by authorities that Lady cannot do any thing about that
"these are uneducated people"
The real one is you Sir!
Most of those Fil maids have college degrees, sometimes more educated than theit employers!
better to be uneducated than having no empathy at all
As if that's relevant to their ability to use a fucking phone. They never had an opportunity to pursue an education. Besides, I don't give a fuck about their education level...you don't treat people like that, PERIOD.
I hope these children and woman are freed and sent back home by now. It’s 2022 this break my heart.
Tears in my eyes to hear she is 16. Monstrous.
Its revealed to not be her real age, they lowered her age to increase demand
Google has such immense revenues it could employ an entire department to investigate these abuses. It runs workshop after workshop for its employees supposedly about tolerance and being good to each other...yet doesn't do what it has in its power to do. Incredible.
Big fakes
It might actually cost them a dollar of their profits
They helped build Chinas whole surveillance state and AI facial recognition systems Which they obviously know is used to track and intern religious minorities like the Uighur and keep them in camps and do horrific things like forced abortions, sterilization and forcing the women to have Han Chinese babies in an obvious attempt to “breed out” the religious minorities of their country
If they can't tolerate the tens of millions of people on the "right" in their own nation, then you know the whole tolerance thing is fake at Google.
capitalism is about money, companies only care if consumers care
All I can say to people from different African countries looking for employment in foreign countries," Your future is right where you are, Don't leave your future, Looking for your Future"
They don't listen
My country is soo corrupt,this the only way if you are not up for sex commercial work
I agree. Wish more thought like you.
Syria has open slave markets trading mostly trafficked Africans. I can't believe the UN hasn't done something about it
the tragedy is that sometimes they don't have a future where they are. and with the effects of climate change, it is going to get worse
God bless you Anna
Proud of my country Guinea for standing up
One of the main reasons why these young (so called hired help) women (teens) get tortured by their female owners is that in these Arabic speaking countries, women are considered lower than their male counterparts.... they are bossed around by their men, but within the four walls of their homes, these same narrow minded women owners want to feel like a Queen.... so they take out all their frustrations on these young girls. In a nut shell, in most cases, its a Woman who is actually giving Hell to their maids and rules them like a ruthless Dictator. Therefore the social structure in countries like Kuwait needs to be addressed here.... and that's the root cause!!!
@devontodetroit same goes for christianity and young boys being used for sex in churches = gross religions
Where are you seeing the comparison? Ye Qi agree with you the Catholic Church is garbage but not seeing how that relates to men treating women like trash in Islamic culture then those same women treating other female workers as trash
that's pretty accurate!!
exactly it's a cycle of abuse.. they teach their victims to abuse.. so they can pass it on to the next generation. And woman abuse as much as men. Just men don't report it or use it to gain custody of the house and kids and everything else others use it for.
All religions are fake. Just have a direct relationship with God not rules and regulations which the inventors of those religions didn’t even follow
This is slavery. Aren't we ashamed about the years of open slavery? So now it's done online but not very hidden. Unbelievable!
America is selling Africans
Kuwait is not what it used to be till the end of the eighties. Post liberation from Iraq's occupation, expolitaion of foriegn workers has been on the rise, mostly unreported. And they thought their evil acts would not be known, until this exposure. Good job BBC
Kuwait does some of the most human rights abuses activities and their law will support only their citizens and never uphold the rights of the expatriates. Which is why they do all these activities more brazenly.
God bless that Filipino woman who is helping others.
As an African it pains me seeing my fellow sisters and mothers in that situation and thanks to the plague of bad leadership
Me too, I blame the leaders of Africa. Worst leaders in human history.
Very true. As a fellow Nigerian we have so much to offer but little to show for it. The mismanagement is staggering.
You dont have to be an African to get hurt by witnessing slavery, you really don't have to mention it in future comments. It hurts me to.
They are going to pay. God is watching every little thing and matter.
@@casecold1864 nigga u late
"a day off"? It's suppose to be days off.
For real 😭
I know right, this makes me angry
It’s NOT supposed to be a thing
yeah many people in the middle east even in office jobs tend to put in extra hours during the work week and at least an extra day at the office.
That's how it was common in many countries. Can't work on the holy day but work on all other days.
Finally some real journalism.
This reality hurts. It makes me be a little grateful for where I am. To all my African Sisters going through this...😲😥 This too shall pass.