application paper to the ministry of labour. The government put new requirements on the employers, demanding that they deposit a sum of 1,500,000 LBP (1000 $) in the housing bank as a prerequisite to get authorization of employment. The housing bank is a government bank and the deposit is to ensure that the employer pays taxes and covers the airline tickers; should the domestic worker go home. The problem with these requirements is that the money is not used to fulfill its purpose of covering airline tickets when it is needed. The Lebanese government has as well been ineffective with implementing the migration workers ban from entering into Lebanon from the country of Nepal, the Lebanese government simply kept issuing pre-approved work permits and visas. In 2001 Lebanon's Ministry of Labour closed ten employments agencies that violate labour regulations. The General Security Directorate has improved its enforcement of regulations and the Ministry of Labour regularly meets with embassies of migrant's country of origin in order to insure Migrant Domestic Workers are aware of employment agency regulations and avenues for reporting violations. The Government has produced a pamphlet to raise awareness of migrant trafficking, describe the process to fail a complaint and provides contact details for law enforcement, government agencies and non-governmental organizations. Violations The situation for migrant domestic workers in Lebanon is grim, as the circumstances for them are not improving; the migrant domestic workers have been subjected to violations of their freedom of movement and their right to residency. In early 2014, the general security began deporting children of migrant workers with one or both of their parents. The justification for this move was that the migrants were in Lebanon to work and not create families, it is worthy to note that the implementation of these deportations had been put on hold after pressure from civil society organisations like Insan. By the summer of 2015, the decision to expel migrant domestic workers and their children had been overturned. However, things did not get better for the migrant domestic workers; they now had to deal with tighter control over residency permits. The general security which is the body legally mandated to deal with foreign workers has refused to re-grant some workers their permits on the grounds of refusing to reside with their employees. Despite the fact that the general security exercises force on migrant domestic workers and their presence in