Migrant workers' nightmares in the Gulf - 17 Aug 07

[SatchmoSings]

If Israel was doing this, you'd hear many people screaming bloody-blue-murder.

Arabs, of course, get a pass; that's where a lot of their oil petro dollars go.

[atruenut]

So sad... These people have so much money, they are building huge projects and making big profits, yet they don't have it in their hearts to take care of the workers. I guess there is a long legacy of slavery in the Middle East - with Africa and enslavement of women for so many centuries.

[samuelpucci]

shame on u.a.e. !

[rick5690]

I really starting to understand how this world works ......I think its just to many of us.

[you2ubeist]

arabs are the worst race on earth , they treat labos just like slaves , their labor laws are the living proof for that .

[ForgotMyName3]

You know what's funny about people badmouthing he Arabs over this? Most of those people are contracted and moved to the gulf by Asian companies that do this to their own people, Western construction companies (the majority of companies in the gulf) have the same practices. Yes, this is happening in an Arab city, but the mentality that allows it to happen is pretty much everyone, not just the Arabs...

[ickybird]

Reading from many news agencies, it is clear that this is a world wide issue. People who are poor from no action on their own are exploited by the wealthy. Even in the USA, with all our talk of equality, we exploit the poor and uneducated. I wonder if it is time for a rebirth of International Workers of the World or some other organization that advocates for these exploited people world wide. this is a disquesting and shameful statement about mankind.

[ATMleb]

yeah blame the arabs!!! These workers are working for american and European countries who profit on the back of enslaved poor people while preaching human rights in the west.

[woodandsosa]

@ATMleb

You fool, the vast majority of the developers are Emiratis and other Arabs. You think Emaar or Nakheel (by far the biggest developers in the UAE) are an American or European company?

[tjshah2]

i hate arabs, soon the west will find another fuel to power our cars, arabs will be poor again Inshallah i cant wait

[MultiCatification]

You people blaming the arabs for this are IDIOTS.

The people from India and Pakistan in the gulf region are DIRT POOR. They are getting way more money in the gulf than what they would get in India and Pakistan. At least they don't eat rats and drink piss for a living.

The doctor in the video even said that the recruitment agencies IN INDIA AND PAKISTAN are at fault for passing on the costs to the workers.

The Indians and the Pakis are screwing over their own people. What retards!

[pigybnksbtr]

Most contract workers are under contract by AGENCIES who hires them by asian agencies in diff. countries. They're employers of these workers who pays their salaries like peanuts, they're GREED!!while these agencies got pay off by Arabs a BIG bucks..

[ohwahwah]

do you know any thing about GAZWA E HIND.

[globe255]

Oh yes arabs are brutal the history has shown it several times with slavery. In modern time it is still slavery, just another kind. Now they try to make money on people especially poor africans who wanna escape to another country because of poverty. Of course america is the country people wanna settle down because they have heard all the good about it, with freedom and all that. The only thing they werent told is that they have to work hard and even though it doesnt make their life good.

[ohwahwah]

how about indians who are killing moslims of india and doing economic blocked for moslims in india.

[globe255]

@ohwahwah moslems must know their place. If they just follow the rules nothing will happen but no they just follow their ow rules.

[ohwahwah]

so you are saying that dont follow the rules.

[globe255]

You have to go into details about what you mean. What rules are you talking about?

[ohwahwah]

rules of islam .

[globe255]

I cant go into that discussion, im not muslim.

[my2dayur2mrw]

@ohwahwah what a stupid coment?

why have you got religion in this?

and how is this a rule of islam?

you ignorant uneducated person

[globe255]

We will charge the people, doesnt mind, oh yes it does mind.

[kreplach2]

Im testifying to the fact that MrJapaneseboy11111 is a spammer. Hes an iritant caring nothing about the issues. All he cares about is hate and the disruption..

He is currently in a campaign to harass certain people. He is a Jew hater caring nothing except that hate. He took anothers account and cloned it. He is also tinnywhales. We ask him to give back the original MrJapaneseboy1111 YouTube account

[MrZonetailedHawk]

@neatica25

you are talking about slave trade in south USA,south africa....and some of europe countries.

this vedio is clear about workers,well if they are not happy in the gulf countries!!they should leave it.

any way i really support these workers..i am against who mistreat them

[agentZambia]

No idea why non-Arab Muslims think Arabs are superior, they are very cruel, brutal people, who started the slave trade, colonized, slaughtered millions and have moral behavior of animals raping anything. This is their history, from experience real Muslims who are non-Arab (Pakistanis, Bangladesh, Indians) are more real followers than the Arabs.

[layakdog]

the middle eastern countries are taking advantage of the poor people. they waste money on expensive materials while these people are under paid.

its not an arab or non-arab thing. it is the result of corrupt governemts of south asia and the gulf states, who exploit people without punishment.

[bobbybcool]

The only good Arabs are the ....

.......DEAD ARABS

[pashtungirl]

why people go arabs countries for work? they give you 180doller/month. I am muslim and Al-Sayyid. believe me the arabs are the bad muslims in world. pigs are better than Arabs.

[k19741000]

am from uae ,they make more money here than in their countries and i wish them all the best. all of u r so friendly...

[layakdog]

being an arab does not necessarly make someone a bad person but it definately does not make them a good person

non-arab muslims find it hard to believe that arabs have flaws and aren't into the whole "muslim brotherhood" thing as they are in. the other muslims are into muslim brotherhood because they live in regions where people practice other faiths aswell and they fell islam connects them with other muslims.

they don't realize that just becasue some is muslim doesn't make them the same ppl.

[oct1984]

6$ a day is the correct?..I can't believe it...I thought it would be more because of the country rich oil and gas ,that how they treat muslims...wow!

anyone know the pay for westerner working their?...I have heard is good money to be made.

[trrinita]

i would love to see these gulf countries nuked, by the way they r the most stupid people in the arab world .They call them bedouins ,even they have money ?

[Yazeed]

Let's hope they get kicked out.

And I mean immigrants

[ananya7ananya]

u will get kicked out, not them!

[MrChickyBee]

Nice treatment by Muslims countries! And Muslims have the audacity to say there is racism in Europe!

[alanrashid84]

muslim. they aint fucking muslim. they'r just call them self muslim. the arab donkey never learn any thing.

[layakdog]

the muslim people have just been disillusioned. there is racism everywhere. just because someone shares the same faith as you does not mean that they won't exploit you. people always think morals=religion. this is not the case. some athiests and agnostics have better character than many "religious people".

[emannalyaqeen]

where is the humanity of humans? people arent slaves and even a slave is to be treated with kindness and fairness according to the quran...shame shame

[Iloveyouloveme2008]

These 'OIL COUNTRIES' are an embarrassment to the human race.I don't even treat my dog the way they treat people that helped build their concrete cities.Shame on you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is what happens when uneducated tribesmen suddenly find oil and become ''rich''.

[seabear145]

all i will say:

there is competition between USA, & UAE.

that who will win human exploitation.

america will happy to provide weapons to both indian and pakistan armies.

and on other side UAE is making records in explotation.

[goodfellazevents]

we know that the dubai contractors are doing bad...its not the UAE or dubai goverment fault...the contractor are from india and bangladesh who bring they own country men to work....and its the workers fault who want to come to dubai to work for peanuts...every worker i spoke to in dubai knew how much they were gona get paid and what they gona do...if dubai didnt employ them..theyll be still eating crap in they own countrys

[weexe]

that is the truth so if they don`t like work in dubai, go back home is better

[pingtampa]

This is an ideal example of an arrogant comment. Please, there will always be those that are fortunate like you in Dubai and those that are not so fortunate as in Bangladesh and India etc. but this does not mean you treat them like animals. Further, don't blame it all on Bangladeshi and Indian contractors because you guys are the biggest eaters of the pie.. so stop being arrogant and learn fast before an earthquake swallows you off of the world map!

[fer2c]

it is PERSIAN GULF NOT GULF. unreliable news agency.

[kaylee0011]

You are an idiot. For one, Gulf is a shortened version of PERSIAN GULF, and for two, the person who posted the video is the one who called it 'Gulf' not the actual news agency. They are not an unreliable news agency.

[fer2c]

There is no other version but the persian gulf version and two who posted it its the same as who produced it who is the idiot now. aljazeera calles it gulf and they are backed by terrorist and play propaganda. trust me homie when it comes to arabs and middle eastern issues i know my shit.

[poliman2007]

ok stay in India, so we can bring arab labours.

[pingtampa]

Yeah right!!! Try the same tactics you tried with Bangladeshis and Indians with Egyptians and they kick your ass sore! They don't kid around and this is why you tricked poor Bangladesh and Indians workers to come. Shame on you! You guys are no different from your uncle Bush. But do not blame America because majority of Americans are must better in ethics and integrity, where as you guys do not even have 'em.

[poliman2007]

We have no ethics and integrity! and you south asians, one of the most racist people in this planet, have what in you. let me tell you something, your r dark skinned people that white people fake friendship with to use in the upcoming war with china.

[pingtampa]

..."you south asians...", "..your r dark skinned people ..." - thanks for proving my point. Now see who is racist and who has the attributes that lead to such unfair treatment and exploitation of poor laborers! Like I said, you guys have way too much arrogance thus do not get the point. BTW, I ain't Asian but if I am I would not feel inferior in any way. I thought Arabs are darker skinned, take off your kandoora and you would not look different from your Asian laborer!

[kaneqeqeq1]

Western countries,esp the US and UK,just use their financial skills and cooperate with the local arabs,to slave the workers with very loew paid,what an evil group !! And who actively organise it first ? obviously the US and UK ppl,who teach the arabs to slave the workers

VIVA EL COMMNUNISM !!!

GREETING FROM CHINA !!

[nowaki77]

shame on the UAE and other arab authorities!!!

[rapidflex]

Arabs treat almost all Asian workers as donkeys. If Arabs had no oil, they would still be living in there tents and killing members of other clans for drinking water from there wells.

Time and education change most people and societies. But time, education and money seem to have no effect on Arab mentatlity. They have still medieval minds.

[Adilshit]

If arab have no oil what are they going to do! i know! People keep calling the arab sand niggers... so they make window glass and glass with sand what will happen if the sand run out! The arab will turn into a migrant? sell their property?

Hunt america and take the nuclear powerplant

[nuxable]

@rapidflex

All Arabs? in 16 countries? who own AlJazeeraEnglish? aren't they arabs?

I am one of them, I wish I could change the situation, I saw it there, really sad.

[CreepyLizard]

@rapidflex This news is reported by Al-Jazeera, an arab based news channel.

The Gulf developed just 30 years ago; it literally is 'medieval', chill; every culture has its time and struggle

[gentile1man]

Thank you so much for showing this,i had heard rumors about this.That's it now,i'm not going to buy a highrise,condo there.They seem,even more evil than american business people.

[segits]

very true! thanksgiving has an indidiousness, that many dont see. where are the holocaust museums commemorating the native indian genocide along with the funds ?! the treatment of the armenians, kurds..... also needs to be mentioned!

[crazycrowd818]

truly you have your finger on the pulse of current events my friend, i admire you for your knowledge but in the end greedy corporations will always come out on top and the poor will just keep dying, peace out homie...

[segits]

but homeboy, i aint gonna give in to cynicism...even if dreaming is unpopular or unreal for some people

[segits]

yes! and those who enjoy all the wealth and opulance built through the humiliation of these slaves, deserves

God's Anger !!! will get it and feel it if human enough

[segits]

this case is way worse than the relation between mexican workers and the usa.

[kakapi]

you have investigated very good topic for 3 months, but how we can understand your three months work in just this 4 minutes video? this is meaningless.

[segits]

i dont think it's meaningless, since it has brought on an awareness; even if a spark, which gives more light in darkness than darkness alone.

[pingtampa]

What, you want them to do a month long video?? Please.

[kamakazikali]

This is just the reinvention of the Coolie system by the british. Watch this documentary by the BBC "BBC: Coolies - How Britain Reinvented Slavery"

run a google seach on "bbc coolies" and watch the video on google video

[thesageofdubai]

This way the slaves will fight between themselves and forget the ones who actually made them slaves. Then it becomes a mindset and the people who were enslaved actually think of themselves as slaves.

[segits]

i hear you mr. dubaisage. though, 4 the arabs, can there be a way out of this painful self-contradiction? btw: i sense also a perplexing contradiction among the hungarians, perhaps due to the freshest wound of being forced to betray each other during stalin's communism.

[segits]

but mr dubai sage, the bombing and the killing is not only coming from the americans, right? as libia's president has stated that the problem is also an arab-arab problem.

[thesageofdubai]

Dear Segits, you are right. Arabs are not only the receivers of other people's injustice, we find ways of inflicting it on ourselves. The reason we do this is because we have become excellent slaves in our minds. No way is better to control slaves than by separating the slaves into different classes and then saying one is better than the other.

[thesageofdubai]

It is great shame on us as Humans, Muslims and Arabs to treat people in such a fashion. The problem is that we say that others do it so why shouldn't we? My answer to that is that cruelty needs to stop and someone must stop it...so why don't we be the first? All countries have cases similar to this and worse. But that doesn't mean that we should allow it. There is an Arabic saying that says that the people who are allow unjust to happen are silent devils.

[segits]

ur words 'thesageofdubai' have been beautiful.

[segits]

"There is an Arabic saying that says that the people who allow unjust to happen are silent devils."

may i ask from what source does this quote come from?

[thesageofdubai]

please learn the difference between generalization and a particular. Just because Somalis are living a civil war for over 15 years, would you I be right in calling all Somalis vicious war mongers? The answer is no. Certain people are driven by greed no matter what the race or religion. To say all those nasty things about ALL the Arabs, as if Somalia is not an Arab country, is wrong and you know that.

[crazycrowd818]

...what goes on here is no different that what goes on in the U.S. greedy companies luring mexicans with false promises of wealth...they do the work and then they get deported and those are the lucky ones the unlucky get shot dead...

[segits]

but crazy crow, can we truly compare migrant workers w/ the us-mexican case. i mean both mexicans and amercicans share mainly the same background of creed, and mexico had to cede certain territory to the usa.

[gaajo99]

I am glad I don't work for damn Arabs. I feel really sorry anyone who does work for them, and I absolutely feel no sorry when they are bombed by Americans or Israelis.

[pikopa2]

it's a shame for all humain being...so much money and not only humanity for workers...is this th new face of the arab capitalism?....

[segits]

when i see the words 'arab capitalism' i think of the dangers or limitations what a sudden rise to wealth yet without its sufficient democracy to go parallel with it, can cause.

[pakidude83]

This is sad.

Thanks for the great informative report AJ.

[segits]

peoples' actions speak louder than the prophets' words, making them bigots; that's the problem.

[simple82best]

This is another form of slavery.Islam is against this.Islam teach we have to treat people fear and with dignity regardless their religion,colour or background.People love wealth and are gridy that is the problem.