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Uganda: 'The Only Hope Is to Die' - Suicide Soars Among Ugandan Migrants Abused in the Gulf
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 30 November 2017
"Suicide means you have been going through a very difficult time. Life has not been bearable, the only hope is to die." Read more »
Suicide Soars Among Ugandan Migrants Abused in the Gulf
In 2016, Uganda banned its nationals from working in Oman but a growing number of Ugandans are returning home with from the Gulf country with tales of abuse by employers. A parliamentary report documenting the deaths of 48 Ugandans - 34 by suicide - in the Middle East since January 2017 has sparked calls for more effective action.
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