As you are still very young, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt here and go light on you but..what you need to know is that as you grow older and more experienced with life, IMAGE is nothing...real life, is everything.
Have you ever tried living like these workers have been living here in Qatar??? If not then I'd suggest you go and visit them in their living conditions and try it out for a while. Yes, it MIGHT be a bit better than they had where they came from, OR it might be that they were promised a better lifestyle, didn't get it, and then were stuck here due to not having air fare to get back. No, techinically they are NOT slaves..but depending upon who they work for and how lenient/honest their direct boss is, can make or break a man.
I believe the State of Qatar DOES have a duty to these people to provide them with a specific standard of life, otherwise, you end up with the situation that you currently have at some of the labor camps. Everyone should be able have some minimum requirements for workers living conditions and pay.
You said...
""But, an important note, We in Qatar would never pay labourers more than we can afford. Its not in our interest that these people come and reside here with their families. the state doesn't owe them anymore than what is mentioned in the labour law. After all the state doesn't tax them.""
It IS in your interest that these people come and live here...in fact, your country RUNS on these people living here and working for YOUR country. Most of them can't have their families over here with them...have you looked into that?? Can you imagine living here for 5 years without your spouse or children, or at your age...your parents and siblings??? Most of them don't go home with the money provided travel home, but send it home to their families to help out there. And...good thing the state doesn't tax them as they couldn't afford it...
I will tell you one thing I know directly...someone that I know told me that they live in one bedroom of a villa that several folks share...the family, including their children, are all back home...rent jumped from 500 riyals per month to 2000 Riyals for ONE BEDROOM...and she is one of the "lucky" ones over here that doesn't have to live in the working camps.
So, before you go on spouting how they are doing better and how lucky they are to be here...try walking in their shoes for a while and see how LUCKY you think they are after that. Try lowering your arrogance a bit and stop looking down the end of your nose at them..you'd be surprised what or who you see when you look beyond the end of your nose.
Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
--Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
As you are still very young, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt here and go light on you but..what you need to know is that as you grow older and more experienced with life, IMAGE is nothing...real life, is everything.
Have you ever tried living like these workers have been living here in Qatar??? If not then I'd suggest you go and visit them in their living conditions and try it out for a while. Yes, it MIGHT be a bit better than they had where they came from, OR it might be that they were promised a better lifestyle, didn't get it, and then were stuck here due to not having air fare to get back. No, techinically they are NOT slaves..but depending upon who they work for and how lenient/honest their direct boss is, can make or break a man.
I believe the State of Qatar DOES have a duty to these people to provide them with a specific standard of life, otherwise, you end up with the situation that you currently have at some of the labor camps. Everyone should be able have some minimum requirements for workers living conditions and pay.
You said...
""But, an important note, We in Qatar would never pay labourers more than we can afford. Its not in our interest that these people come and reside here with their families. the state doesn't owe them anymore than what is mentioned in the labour law. After all the state doesn't tax them.""
It IS in your interest that these people come and live here...in fact, your country RUNS on these people living here and working for YOUR country. Most of them can't have their families over here with them...have you looked into that?? Can you imagine living here for 5 years without your spouse or children, or at your age...your parents and siblings??? Most of them don't go home with the money provided travel home, but send it home to their families to help out there. And...good thing the state doesn't tax them as they couldn't afford it...
I will tell you one thing I know directly...someone that I know told me that they live in one bedroom of a villa that several folks share...the family, including their children, are all back home...rent jumped from 500 riyals per month to 2000 Riyals for ONE BEDROOM...and she is one of the "lucky" ones over here that doesn't have to live in the working camps.
So, before you go on spouting how they are doing better and how lucky they are to be here...try walking in their shoes for a while and see how LUCKY you think they are after that. Try lowering your arrogance a bit and stop looking down the end of your nose at them..you'd be surprised what or who you see when you look beyond the end of your nose.
Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
--Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)