Vital Signs: Quantifying and researching Asian worker deaths in the Gulf, Building a coalition for greater protection (June 2021 - May 2023)

From 2021 to 2023, FSP and Partner Organisation will form a partnership for the implementation of the Vital Signs: Quantifying and researching Asian worker deaths in the Gulf, Building a coalition for greater protection project. There is a dearth of reliable information about the deaths of Asian migrant workers in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait and Bahrain (the Gulf States), or the causes of their death. This makes it highly challenging to advocate with governments on addressing this issue. A multi-year project on worker deaths will fill this gap and empower a network of organisations from Asia who can effectively engage governments in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and the Philippines (the Origin States) to promote better protection for migrant workers in the Gulf States and seek the publication of more detailed data to better inform policymakers in both the Origin States and Gulf States. The two objectives of the Project are that: 1. Low-paid migrant workers in the Gulf States enjoy significantly better protection from risks to their physical and mental health; 2. Key stakeholders in the Origin States, notably policymakers, are actively and collectively engaged in promoting migrant worker protection in the Gulf States.