Thousands of Africans employed as domestic workers are fearing what could happen if war breaks out.
“I want to go home,” Kenyan Eulita Jerop tells the BBC from Lebanon, where she is employed as a domestic worker.
Israel and Lebanon-based group Hezbollah have traded near-daily fire across the border since the 7 October Hamas attack on Israel. It prompted the Israeli invasion of Gaza, with the aim of eliminating Hamas. Even with a passport, domestic workers still need an exit visa to leave - paperwork which must be approved by their boss.
“Every day we receive calls from women panicking… they ask us if we have any plan, if we can do anything about it.”
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