'I was just a slave': the foreign domestic staff living a life of five-star serfdom in London

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  • Опубліковано 28 жов 2024

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  • @Whisperbutterfly
    @Whisperbutterfly 6 років тому +119

    My heart breaks for these women. No one deserves to be mistreated. If people are willing to work, they deserve respect.

  • @micohawinds
    @micohawinds 6 років тому +71

    Makes one wonder what is wrong with the minds of these "rich people" who have absolutely no regard for another human being. They should be made to live the same way they made their workers live and treated the same way for the same length of time they kept the person they abused.

    • @stevecarter8810
      @stevecarter8810 5 років тому +10

      If Saudi Arabia did not have oil they would be regarded like Iraq. Money talks

  • @manuelmoraleda9684
    @manuelmoraleda9684 5 років тому +41

    Government of the Philippines should monitor and protect these revenue generating OFW. Some employers don't deserve maids and should be banned from having one. This lady activist should be under the employ of the Philippine government.

  • @omarabdi9452
    @omarabdi9452 6 років тому +39

    As a muslim, its heartbeaking. And first han i have seen as 16 year old, Dubai airport, how racist they can be

  • @lesleyallinson8738
    @lesleyallinson8738 5 років тому +34

    Omg I am English living in Kent seeing this is a totally disgrace come on how is our government allowing this happen

  • @ksal2299
    @ksal2299 7 років тому +34

    sad.she should be treated with respect and dignity.

  • @wowso4
    @wowso4 6 років тому +12

    This breaks my heart I hope they are well and safe now, how cruel can some people be? Wow

  • @capthashtagstar8554
    @capthashtagstar8554 6 років тому +19

    International Labour organization wake up

  • @bigspoon7984
    @bigspoon7984 6 років тому +40

    I will never understand people - they're the worst.

  • @petemc808
    @petemc808 5 років тому +12

    Disgusting this can happen in the UK or anywhere in the 21st century. The perpetrators should be brought to justice for these horrific crimes.

  • @sabah4123
    @sabah4123 5 років тому +14

    Treat these people the way you'd like to be treated, shame! 🙄🇦🇺

  • @sarahh367
    @sarahh367 6 років тому +39

    Well this is the slavery we need to deal with ...we cannot change the past but the slaves of today can be helped !!

    • @calliejul1
      @calliejul1 5 років тому

      SARAH'S HANSON I would like to work with you

  • @ensaymada11
    @ensaymada11 7 років тому +27

    If they bring them to London then they have more chance to scape and get help

  • @MaxineMcGill
    @MaxineMcGill 2 місяці тому +1

    I began employment as a live-in domestic helper in South Kensington, London. I was 17 and from N.East. The job had been advertised in the August 1973 edition of 'THE LADY' magazine. I attended the job interview in London and was told that I could begin mid September 1973. My employer did not gove me an employment contract, he prevented me from registering with an nhs gp doctor, he exploited me and I was denied safeguarding. MY EMPLOYER HAD NOT BEEN INTERVIEWED AND ASSESSED BY THE LOCAL COUNCIL. WHY WAS I TREATED LIKE A NOBODY ?!

  • @ednacruz3359
    @ednacruz3359 6 років тому +8

    I guess, change of POINT OF VIEW FOR employers is needed. Have these employers visited the Philippines as tourist even for a week? They will understand that domestic helpers in the Philippines are treated as a part of their family. Or a distant cousin. They came a far away land.... TO WORK. WORK. so that life will be much easier for the employer. Sad to say they are being insulted, look down and discriminated? WHY? what wrong have they done to their employers abroad? They (D.H.) want only to work so that they can support their family BACK HOME? Is that the way they repay their services? D.H. are modern day slaves.... and the employers are modern day BARBARIANS.

  • @ajrwilde14
    @ajrwilde14 5 років тому +33

    Filipinos have got to be nicest people in the whole world and yet they're abused everywhere they go, just horrendous.

    • @inspiredbynatureinspiredby5586
      @inspiredbynatureinspiredby5586 5 років тому +3

      I don't know about that statement either but those who serve these families should be treated well.

  • @colinbateman8233
    @colinbateman8233 5 років тому +6

    How can this happen in today’s world these employers should be strip of all their wealth

  • @inspiredbynatureinspiredby5586
    @inspiredbynatureinspiredby5586 5 років тому +5

    This is so-so sad.

  • @manuelmoraleda9285
    @manuelmoraleda9285 3 роки тому +5

    More than their fear for their lives is the fear that they can't send money to their families. Solutions: 1. They should always have the option or freedom to leave 2. Employers should deposit a year salary in escrow as insurance that if she disappear that money will go to the family 3. Monitor to protect these women.

  • @maygreen8758
    @maygreen8758 5 років тому +4

    How can this happen in the UK?

  • @rmetal2792
    @rmetal2792 6 років тому +6

    This is so sad ...

  • @lutalutamedia
    @lutalutamedia 8 років тому +45

    Why are there so many Filipinos leaving their country if this is the treatment and compensation they receive?

    • @elevengiant
      @elevengiant 8 років тому +5

      +lutalutamedia most women earn much more aboard.

    • @kurohikes5857
      @kurohikes5857 8 років тому +34

      Because the Philippines is a unbelievably poor nation. The poverty there is unimaginable to a westerner.

    • @Adindajet
      @Adindajet 8 років тому +6

      +John Dow maybe one of reasons is currency in uk is higher than phillipines so hopefully they got much money when they get back home.

    • @kurohikes5857
      @kurohikes5857 8 років тому +3

      Adinda Zakiah Also various trade agreements and so forth. The system we all live in requires that there be winners and losers. There must always be poverty stricken countries. For American we have south and central America. We keep them down with trade agreements and the Monroe doctrine.

    • @dirtpillow4337
      @dirtpillow4337 8 років тому +11

      +John Dow You make it sound like we're at par with Afghanistan and Somalia in terms of poverty. The Philippines does have extreme poverty, but doesn't constitute 90% of the economy. We have flourishing trade here too. Millionares also exist in this country. And there's also a large population of middle class too...

  • @yepthoyeptho7228
    @yepthoyeptho7228 5 років тому +1

    Shame shame, the owner of this lady. British government should take action on this owner? Being a civilised people, never expected this kind of treatment. Shame shame.

  • @largemouthbassman5628
    @largemouthbassman5628 5 років тому +22

    Isolate and ban Saudi

  • @BBrunnel
    @BBrunnel 8 років тому +4

    What's the organisation called?

  • @justbecause9219
    @justbecause9219 5 років тому +4

    No matter what you do, don’t work for these people as maids. It’s not worth it!

  • @temho2142
    @temho2142 5 років тому +4

    Me: (a Filipino) omg that could be me!
    “I tried to read it but they got angry and told me to sign. So I did”
    Me: ok no

  • @fatimamisaelphiri5331
    @fatimamisaelphiri5331 5 років тому +1

    I think am in the same phase my passport was taken upon arrival in Turkey including my residents permit. Not allowed to go out alone ....I don't really don't know what to do

  • @williamcruz3721
    @williamcruz3721 5 років тому +2

    This is SAD 😞

  • @lillygirl8436
    @lillygirl8436 5 років тому +6

    All they wana do is work and make money to survive and for their families and they can't even do that cos people are mean. What is this world ?💔

  • @khalidmohammed9756
    @khalidmohammed9756 4 роки тому +1

    This so sad I feel so bad for the poor lady.

  • @riezkamasduqihasanhasan1318
    @riezkamasduqihasanhasan1318 3 роки тому +2

    Special Syrian , Lebanese and Jordan family who's living in Saudi , they treated a maid very very Bad . I'm the one of their victim

    • @guleet75
      @guleet75 2 роки тому

      Really ? Even Syrian !

  • @infinitecreator4674
    @infinitecreator4674 8 років тому +9

    These "slave'" don't know they don't have to be somebody's slave, only they can save themselves.

    • @stevecarter8810
      @stevecarter8810 5 років тому

      Like someone said: try this in Saudi and you would be punished, jailed or killed. So it's not obvious that "you don't have to live like this"

  • @dos9406
    @dos9406 3 роки тому +1

    This is terrible.

  • @georgeyau98
    @georgeyau98 8 років тому +2

    Same thing in Sydney and bit of QLD... just quieter...

  • @erin19030
    @erin19030 6 років тому +2

    You would get ground glass in your food under my service.

  • @nitahammoudeh4912
    @nitahammoudeh4912 6 років тому +3

    Not only in the middle east, also in europe???poor filipina dh.. where are our embassys?..

    • @meta-etherealinfo2445
      @meta-etherealinfo2445 6 років тому

      those who does that are the .....arabs and their own country man from asia...what?

    • @iainmclaughlan1557
      @iainmclaughlan1557 6 років тому

      I have worked as a Domestic Help for 4 families now, I was treated with respect and I enjoy the work.

  • @alexr.7747
    @alexr.7747 6 років тому +2

    I can't believe what's going on! So shocking 😔

  • @mulligatawnysoup9281
    @mulligatawnysoup9281 6 років тому +3

    Please Change your Laws UK.

    • @miameow4833
      @miameow4833 5 років тому

      Please change your crooked politicians and human traffickers Philippines!

  • @boomboxx9079
    @boomboxx9079 2 роки тому

    Thinking that this thing does not only happen from a single country but to the entire world.... This planet deserves an extinction part 2.

  • @eileenavci7105
    @eileenavci7105 Рік тому +1

    Saudian or who ever they fear nothing but Allah's punishment is swift

  • @Ib1319
    @Ib1319 6 років тому +2

    Well I have met a bunch of Philippinas ready to do what ever they are told for 4 5 dollars less and hour here in America . They dropped my hourly I have met a Philippina here that was in that situation and met a drunken black soldier and married him to get out she was told at very young that she had to what ever she had to do because Mom couldn't stop having kids with a bad husband .

  • @jeffmike4963
    @jeffmike4963 5 років тому +1

    why go there if you don't know where what London means to you think twice before you take a step don't be fooled

    • @BlueUncia
      @BlueUncia 5 років тому +2

      Don't underestimate the effects of mental abuse that's often been going on for years. They were forced to sign those migration documents, and not told a thing.

  • @xyzsame4081
    @xyzsame4081 6 років тому

    The right of domestic employees to change employers was taken away in 2012. The Tories at it. ... aren't there any workhouses ?

  • @loveandfaithfulness4479
    @loveandfaithfulness4479 2 роки тому

    Proverbs 29:7
    A righteous man knows the rights of the poor; a wicked man does not understand such knowledge.

  • @joshs8704
    @joshs8704 8 років тому +2

    @Guardian whats the name of the charity/organisation that helps these immigrants ?

  • @Hellena_Keningale
    @Hellena_Keningale 4 роки тому

    Why does this always happen to women from the far east countries?

  • @johntaylor3940
    @johntaylor3940 Рік тому

    POLICE HAVE BEEN TOLD TO DO NOTHING

  • @annear3260
    @annear3260 7 років тому +4

    Stop going there

  • @HaHa.Na.ssentu
    @HaHa.Na.ssentu 11 місяців тому

    A wealthy man's reputation is worth spending money on his staffing issues.
    Needs looking into.

  • @farzanayasmean3586
    @farzanayasmean3586 6 років тому +5

    Actually all rich r same

  • @internationalpulse
    @internationalpulse 6 років тому +3

    Isaiah 60:22 - The least of you will become a thousand, the smallest a mighty nation. I am the LORD; in its time I will do this swiftly.

  • @softwhitewings725
    @softwhitewings725 4 роки тому +2

    Be wise, don't go to the riches country to earn money! Then you don't need to be a slave. Be happy with less!

  • @usaplayerspanzers3133
    @usaplayerspanzers3133 3 роки тому

    That's how u treat filipinos in
    Uk but for us here in our country we don't do that instead we treat foreigners as a family

  • @hibu88
    @hibu88 6 років тому +5

    Why is it that when anyone abuses anyone ..their religion is not mentioned nor is their religion blamed for their evil actions but when Arabs are in the wrong their religion is always brought up and tarnished?
    Punish and shame the evil doers. Don’t drag Islam into this. Their evil actions and mindsets are in stark contrast to the ideals and teaching of Islam

    • @lks6248
      @lks6248 5 років тому +2

      I smell taqiyya

  • @djourdan941
    @djourdan941 5 років тому +1

    Why almost all of them are the same?

  • @estrellagilana4487
    @estrellagilana4487 2 місяці тому

    Why not go to our PHILIPPINE EMBASSY AND GET HELP, sana po huwag na mag padala diyan sa mga country na mga yan kawawa naman sila MAAWA NAMAN KAYO SA KANILA, IBA NGA DIYAN PINAG- SASAMANTALAHAN .

  • @slizc.1915
    @slizc.1915 5 років тому +1

    KARMA

  • @deevalen9498
    @deevalen9498 4 роки тому +1

    Yung mga mayayamang bansa babagsak din yan. Di naman sila kinalulugdan.

    • @semi5alpha
      @semi5alpha 3 роки тому

      Mahirap po bumagsak mga bansang yan.. Mas lalong mahirap umangat ang mahinang bansa..

  • @سحارالليل
    @سحارالليل 5 років тому +3

    Run in London.. Wow

  • @jean-pierrevleminckx6298
    @jean-pierrevleminckx6298 3 роки тому

    If thé phils Knows thé situation y still continuons to go there its really ridicilous

    • @jennyhateseverything
      @jennyhateseverything 4 місяці тому

      What choice do they have? Our government is full of corrupt politicians who destroyed our country and you can barely make a living there even if you’re educated.

  • @paulamihai
    @paulamihai 5 років тому

    Dacă nu ar fi aceste fete iar mânca șerpi pe bogați. Urăsc buhai și bogați .De când e lumea din cauza lor a avut de suferit omenirea.

  • @noracaradja2604
    @noracaradja2604 6 років тому +1

    Sorry to pilipino who got employer are bads some pilipino also when they got good employer the staff are bad

  • @yellowmixedpurple1751
    @yellowmixedpurple1751 6 років тому

    they all visayas i know whats her accent so please my kabayan dont go for work like that,its ok ,we are in our country than to be like this it ok to be poor with dignity than to be like this,,,i know most of them are from visayas region,

  • @khaledkz799
    @khaledkz799 7 років тому

    by the way this comment is a respond to (richard)

  • @poojapandey613
    @poojapandey613 3 роки тому

    Did I hear so called 'Riches from Gulf states in London'!? My dear people you are in Qatar. 🙏

  • @happymichieworriah8881
    @happymichieworriah8881 6 років тому

    Keep it up

  • @mresstell
    @mresstell 5 років тому +5

    When a nation has no God and does not acknowledge God, there is no peace and injustice reigns.

  • @betsy5889
    @betsy5889 3 роки тому

    Uk 🇬🇧 yup. Messy

  • @solagustin6047
    @solagustin6047 5 років тому +2

    I don't know why some Filipjno women like to go to other nations where they're not sure who they gonna be with. Most of these women actually are educated. I'd rather do something else than to be a housemaid.

    • @mekerr4299
      @mekerr4299 4 роки тому

      yes stay home all

    • @boomboxx9079
      @boomboxx9079 2 роки тому

      That's how hard life is in the Philippines. Working abroad was never part of the option but staying in a country that demands so much from it's own citizens forces Filipinos to take the risks abroad.

  • @mannpun9980
    @mannpun9980 3 роки тому

    More worst situations in Hong Kong

  • @eileenavci7105
    @eileenavci7105 Рік тому

    Your lucky theses b did not sell you off .

  • @VernaCharles-pr7vm
    @VernaCharles-pr7vm Місяць тому

    Hi

  • @purpleflower649
    @purpleflower649 6 років тому +1

    Ask to your country to stop sending maid to any country why where ever you go you can find house maid Filipino

  • @cryuos
    @cryuos 4 роки тому

    Hi mga taga mount carmel

  • @zenastarpick4776
    @zenastarpick4776 8 років тому +3

    If there were starving why didn't sold their modern and expensive smartfons..?

    • @dirtpillow4337
      @dirtpillow4337 8 років тому +4

      Was this supposed to be a bait? 'cause I don't think it's working...

    • @iamnoone348
      @iamnoone348 7 років тому +5

      What will they use to communicate?

  • @timlee6971
    @timlee6971 7 років тому +24

    if Muslims are really bad, what about the European or English colonial masters who enslaved the Muslim countries Africa and the Arab worlds and destroyed it. how badass is that?

    • @corneliussmith4907
      @corneliussmith4907 7 років тому +14

      The evils and ills of colonialism and western imperilism is fully acknowledged and accepted but the point you have made is a strawman. we are talking about current events not historical ones. if that's the route you want to take, what about the arabs who enslaved europeans and africans?, furthermore- africa wasn't destroyed- they just don't know how to manage countries. Do you really think africa was strong, prosperous and thriving before the europeans came? no, they were primitive which colonial powers took advantage off.

    • @M.Đ-z4u
      @M.Đ-z4u 7 років тому

      Tim Lee you always destroyed youselves Arabs not Europe

    • @JohnnyRecently
      @JohnnyRecently 7 років тому +6

      Is slavery from 200 years ago more important then slavery NOW?

    • @christian26christian82
      @christian26christian82 6 років тому +5

      😂😂😂 dude we re in the 21 century. We have human rights. So stop defending countries who don t accept human rights.

    • @meta-etherealinfo2445
      @meta-etherealinfo2445 6 років тому +2

      did these english people abused and enslaved women?
      did they?
      or you are just looking for ..excuses to justify your behaviours?

  • @박경환-d7t
    @박경환-d7t 6 років тому

    콩순이 잔난감

  • @mfbs8706
    @mfbs8706 3 роки тому

    blah blah blah ! This is the problem of Filipino government kept sending maid in Middle East!

  • @IceleanRobertson
    @IceleanRobertson 7 років тому

    😦😢

  • @Nusrin78
    @Nusrin78 4 роки тому

    👍👍👍😘😘

  • @luraloon9392
    @luraloon9392 Рік тому

    Simple because you came here as illegal that’s why

  • @Sporkmaker5150
    @Sporkmaker5150 8 років тому

    I would actually prefer that stale bread to the pig's blood gravy, bovine bile soup, and fetal ducks that she's used to eating back home.

  • @박경환-d7t
    @박경환-d7t 6 років тому

    콩순이 잔난감