Not everyone is lucky in life....

AussieLatino
By AussieLatino

This article is based on Dubai, but I am sure the same is happening here in Qatar.

I wonder what will it take for this people to be treated like human beings.

Sad to see that humanity can sink to such levels.

http://www.theage.com.au/world/in-the-shadows-of-splendour-20081012-4z1i...

By Dessert Warrior• 13 Oct 2008 14:02
Dessert Warrior

Check this documentary on youtube

Its called Blood, Sweat and Tears - 18 Aug 07 - Part 1

By Architect.J• 13 Oct 2008 13:37
Rating: 3/5
Architect.J

Beautifully written.

---Life is Fragile, Handle with Prayer---

By svelte_saggi• 13 Oct 2008 12:51
svelte_saggi

it's too big an article to copy-paste.....plus u've just gotta see the pics too.....what's wrong with the link?it opens fine here.....

Keep smiling!

Saggi!

By Winn• 13 Oct 2008 12:49
Winn

Aussie...cant open the link...can you cut n paste it, pls?

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Lead me not into temptation....I can find it myself!!

By britexpat• 13 Oct 2008 12:46
britexpat

These people leave their families and loved ones to earn enough to make a better life for their families.. They put up with hardships most of us can't imagine.

Supply and demand. as i've said before.. the embassies have a lot to answer for also..

By casanova• 13 Oct 2008 12:39
casanova

Can anyone tell me, if there is a fixed minimum wage system???… If yes! Then how much is the amount?

“We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give.”

Sir Winston Churchill

By svelte_saggi• 13 Oct 2008 12:19
svelte_saggi

like many others,eh?guess the Human Rights division in all GCC countries give year-long leaves to all their employees x-(

Keep smiling!

Saggi!

By Echo• 13 Oct 2008 12:15
Echo

From my experience the Human Rights Org here has no power, and in fact people are more likely going to get in more trouble if they turn to them. They're just here in name only, not as an actual working body.

By svelte_saggi• 13 Oct 2008 12:12
svelte_saggi

i meant about such a thing called 'Human Rights'....i believe they're totally absent in this part of the world.otherwise we wouldn't have to depend on our sponsors to get out of the country!if such treatment is meted out to the comparatively luckier lot like us,it's needless to say about the plight of the labour class.

Keep smiling!

Saggi!

By Formatted Soul• 13 Oct 2008 10:47
Formatted Soul

whats the use of Human rights organization in such a Country?

By Turbo• 13 Oct 2008 10:43
Rating: 4/5
Turbo

woah, the situation here is even more pathetic!!! u have to c it to believe it!!! 12-15 ppl & their belongings stuffed into a 4x4 room, no clean drinkin water, no drainage facilities, no nothin!

how can the suited ppl in these companies sleep well wen they r the 1s who instructed and ordered the poor upkeep of thousands of these squandered lives?

if they had to improve the situation, that would mean expense, which would mean lesser profits, which would mean no more flamboyant weekly dinners at the InterCon, or having to settle for the Merc S350 instead of the S500, or havin to carry and care for 1s own child wen a maid would’ve done all dat “work” earlier, or…!!! Damn it!!! Survival would b impossible!!!

The health and lives of so many drained in such destitute squalor so that v can live a superficially lavish lifestyle!!!

And oh yes, bring even more restrictions (read Family-day rule) on their movement and recreation. The least the authorities can do is provide some facilities any facilities with them as targets.

Y am I wastin my breath???

By shaair• 13 Oct 2008 09:37
shaair

i read the news........that' true same is happening here in Qatar. I have seen such caces in Industrial area and raslaffan

Thanks again for sharing such news.

By Formatted Soul• 13 Oct 2008 08:25
Rating: 5/5
Formatted Soul

Sad but true...yes its happening here in Qatar also...infact everywhere in this part of the world...

Thanks for sharing

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