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What percentage of the migrant labourers are slaves? The article seems to site examples of abuse (no doubt existing and still horrible), but seems to extrapolat

What percentage of the migrant labourers are slaves? The article seems to site examples of abuse (no doubt existing and still horrible), but seems to extrapolate them into the norm. I'm skeptical that it is the majority of cases since migrants send a huge amount of remittances to their home countries and a lot of people depend on this labor. In the article it was mentioned that a builder gets paid $28k per year which is still great for the majority of the world. This is one article on the dependence of some areas of India to remittances from the Gulf states: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/forex-and-remittance/how-economic-downturn-in-gulf-states-has-resulted-in-a-drop-in-remittances-into-india/articleshow/61511605.cms https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/forex-and-remittanc...

r00f 6y ago
The article says that it is not your traditional slavery. Yes they are getting paid and they support their families back home, and yet I am not surprised that they die in such numbers (according to article). You would understand if you came and just witnessed their living and working conditions. I've worked in Dubai for 4 years and despite I was paid well (and no income tax), it really felt like slavery. And seeing those poor souls in construction sites didnt add to my happiness either. Btw, i personally knew people who were paid 300$ per month (hotel room cleaning staff). That $28k average per year seems more like officially reported number, not the real one.