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2.2. OVERVIEW OF DATA COLLECTED
In total, 653 people (372 men and 281 women) were interviewed for the
study, of whom 354 were migrant workers and 299 were key informants. Similar
numbers of key informants were interviewed in Kuwait, Lebanon and the UAE,
slightly fewer in Jordan, as shown in table 2.6. Additional information
collected was obtained from 43 key informants in other countries. 8
Table 2.6. Overview of data sample
Category Key informants Migrant workers
Total number interviewed 299 354
Total number per country
Jordan 54 66
Kuwait 66 127
Lebanon 71 100
UAE 65 61
Other countries 43
Total male: female ratio 204 male: 95 female 168 male: 186 female
Type of key informants
Government officials 115
Social partners 50
Other 134
Of the 354 migrant workers interviewed, 266 were assessed to be in a situation
of forced labour and trafficking – that is, over two-thirds of the total number of
migrants interviewed. This proportion cannot be extrapolated to characterize
the overall situation in the region, given the sampling methodology employed.
The migrant workers who participated in the interviews for this study were not
selected randomly: either they were living in shelters run by NGOs, embassies or
the national authorities, or they had chosen to leave an exploitative situation and
enter the informal labour market instead. Key informants also recommended
to the research team other migrant workers who were particularly vulnerable
to exploitation. In order to determine the prevalence of forced labour and
trafficking accross the Middle East, further quantitative research is needed.
Table 2.7 provides detail on the indicators of trafficking and forced labour
that were captured in the interviews.
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Phone interviews were carried out with civil society actors working in migrant worker
protection based in Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iraq, Nepal, Qatar,
Sri Lanka, Switzerland and the Philippines.
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