[OC] Qatar's Migrant Deaths During FIFA World Cup Stadium ConstructionSubmitted by Metalytiq t3_z05rto in dataisbeautiful
omdano t1_ix63ai6 wrote
Reply to comment by jmr1190 in [OC] Qatar's Migrant Deaths During FIFA World Cup Stadium Construction by Metalytiq
The workers are earning much more than they would do in any other place AFAIK (I used to be a migrant in UAE), I do agree that the system of wakeel needs to be removed.
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By the way, the USA isn't a developing nation.
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Anyways, thank you for your lengthy reply, I will review it a couple more times.
jmr1190 t1_ix7kdh5 wrote
They’re earning up to $0.50 an hour. I’m not here to defend anyone doing that, and nor should anyone. The USA also has some horrendous working conditions, I’m not defending this either (although, nowhere is it legally this bad).
There is obviously a lot of money in Qatar - it shouldn’t be morally acceptable to find the population with the lowest wage expectancy in the world and exploit that.
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