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CaptianYoshi t1_ix6zizt wrote

Reply to comment by prussian-junker in [OC] Sex Ratio Imbalances in Persian Gulf Countries by kgunnar

I could be wrong, but I thought most of the Southern Asian expats in the Middle East were more akin to indentured servants than migrant workers, and often overworked and underpaid on extremely long contracts.

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prussian-junker t1_ix70ttp wrote

Underpaid by Qatar standards but they make significantly more than they would back home. That’s why they do it. Otherwise you wouldn’t be able to convince 7 million people to do it.

It’s less slavery and more akin to how we in the west would treat something like working on an oil rig or sent to a weather station. It’s hard but you do it because the pay is good.

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CaptianYoshi t1_ix714bv wrote

Interesting, thats a perspective I haven’t thought about.

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