Is it legal to withhold a passport?

Afternoons with Helen Farmer

Wednesday, 16 April 2025 - 1 hour 18 minutes

Helen meets the Dubai-based new mum leading the charge on reuniting eight workers with their passports after they fell victim to a rogue employer. Meanwhile, employment lawyer Thenji Moyo is on hand to clarify the rules.

Fatima Haddad from domestic abuse crisis centre Shamsaha is on hand to discuss Sharjah’s moves to protect women and children by seizing the properties of abusive partners.

We have more health info than ever before - but is that leading to anxiety and over-diagnosis? Dr Heather Eade gives her views.

And we meet Paula Ralph, the amateur cyclist taking on a mammoth solo challenge…

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