  U.S. Department of State 2005 Trafficking in Persons Report -
Oman  Publisher United States Department of State Author Office
to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons Publication Date 3
June 2005 Cite as United States Department of State, U.S.
Department of State 2005 Trafficking in Persons Report - Oman, 3
June 2005, available at: [accessed 13 March 2014]  Oman (Tier 2)
Oman is a destination country for women and men who migrate
legally and willingly from South Asia – primarily from India,
Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and the Philippines – for work
as domestic workers and laborers but are subsequently trafficked
into conditions of involuntary servitude. Some of these workers
suffer from physical and sexual abuse or withholding of wages or
travel documents. Every year, thousands of Pakistanis infiltrate
Oman's maritime border with Iran in search of jobs or to reach
other destinations in the Gulf. According to a noted human
rights activist, several dozen foreign children trafficked for
the purpose o