Housemaid narrates tale of woes
The Sri Lankan Embassy has said that workers, particularly the housemaids, who work in homes are allegedly badly treated and survive on scant diet and meagre salaries.
This conclusion emerged after the mission heard tales of exploitation of Sri Lankan workers who are seeking amnesty.
One on them is M.P. Nona Pausia, 48, who came to the UAE in 2004 looking for better life but the life turned her dreams upside down.
The allegedly rude housewife smeared eggs on the maid's face for minor faults and poured boiling water on her head.
She was working in the house of a national in Ajman who is married to an Indian woman from Andhra Pradesh. She is reportedly very rude and she used to rough up housemaids who work in her home.
Narrating her story to the Khaleej Times, Pausia said, "One day I was going to boil eggs but suddenly they slipped from my hand and all the six eggs broke. The housewife present at the moment smeared the egg on my face and body and took the boiling water from the oven which was kept for boiling eggs and poured on me. I fainted and fell down."
Her repeated pleas to the house-owner and agent to send her back was rejected. Pausia got a visa from an agent in Ajman who also found the job for her.
She has now approached the Sri Lankan embassy in Abu Dhabi to seek assistance to regularise her status and attain the benefits of amnesty scheme.
Pausia only spent one month in that house in Ajman and left for Abu Dhabi after this incident.
Here, she got work as a housemaid on a monthly salary of Dh800, but as of now, she is getting Dh1,300 per month. She has her passport, but her visa has expired. After her bitter experience here, she has no plans of returning to the UAE. However, she is happy that she is going back under the amnesty scheme. Source
This conclusion emerged after the mission heard tales of exploitation of Sri Lankan workers who are seeking amnesty.
One on them is M.P. Nona Pausia, 48, who came to the UAE in 2004 looking for better life but the life turned her dreams upside down.
The allegedly rude housewife smeared eggs on the maid's face for minor faults and poured boiling water on her head.
She was working in the house of a national in Ajman who is married to an Indian woman from Andhra Pradesh. She is reportedly very rude and she used to rough up housemaids who work in her home.
Narrating her story to the Khaleej Times, Pausia said, "One day I was going to boil eggs but suddenly they slipped from my hand and all the six eggs broke. The housewife present at the moment smeared the egg on my face and body and took the boiling water from the oven which was kept for boiling eggs and poured on me. I fainted and fell down."
Her repeated pleas to the house-owner and agent to send her back was rejected. Pausia got a visa from an agent in Ajman who also found the job for her.
She has now approached the Sri Lankan embassy in Abu Dhabi to seek assistance to regularise her status and attain the benefits of amnesty scheme.
Pausia only spent one month in that house in Ajman and left for Abu Dhabi after this incident.
Here, she got work as a housemaid on a monthly salary of Dh800, but as of now, she is getting Dh1,300 per month. She has her passport, but her visa has expired. After her bitter experience here, she has no plans of returning to the UAE. However, she is happy that she is going back under the amnesty scheme. Source
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