![Ethiopian domestic workers who were dismissed by their employers gather with their belongings outside their country’s embassy in Hazmiyeh, east of Beirut, on June 24, 2020. - Around 250,000 migrants -- usually women -- work as housekeepers, nannies and carers in Lebanese homes, a large proportion Ethiopian and some for as little as $150 a month. None are protected by labour law. [Image: AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/2020-06/Maids%20in%20Lebanon.jpg?h=ae76ad4a&itok=_8wsHyTD "Ethiopian domestic workers who were dismissed by their employers gather with their belongings outside their country’s embassy in Hazmiyeh, east of Beirut, on June 24, 2020. - Around 250,000 migrants -- usually women -- work as housekeepers, nannies and carers in Lebanese homes, a large proportion Ethiopian and some for as little as $150 a month. None are protected by labour law. [Image: AFP]")
The recent incidents of Ethiopian maids being dumped by their employers yet again reveals how Lebanon's unregulated Kafala system affects people of colour. “We didn't come from a dumpster. We have to go back home.” the young Ethiopian maid Lomi said while being filmed by BBC News. “We are not garbage to be thrown out like that.” Like Lomi, dozens of penniless Ethiopian maids were dropped outside the Ethiopian embassy ...
