Qatar maids detained by authorities after having passports confiscated

From Global development | The Guardian Wed Apr 23 2014, 14:29:39

Hundreds of migrant workers who have had documents seized by employers are being held for months in deportation centre

The "widespread" practice of confiscating low-income workers' passports in Qatar has left hundreds languishing for up to a year in the Gulf state's deportation centre, the Guardian has learned.

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