Iraq crisis: Employer refuses to return their Indian workers' passport

June 21, 2014 13:42

As the crisis in Iraq intensifies, the stranded Indians workers have been denied of their passports by their employer.

"They said they have not been paid salaries for the past five months and their passports have been held" said Amnesty International.

"We have been restricting ourselves to the company premises since the conflict began because we are scared. Without our passports, we can't leave this country, and every passing day makes us feel more and more unsafe. We just want to go home," one of the workers was quoted as telling Amnesty

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