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I haven't been able to find death rate statistics for people aged 18-30, so I can't really compare the numbers with strictly facts. There is an article from the

I haven't been able to find death rate statistics for people aged 18-30, so I can't really compare the numbers with strictly facts. There is an article from the BBC from 2015 that claims that the number is in line with what would be expected from that age group: > The point officials are making is that there are about half a million Indian workers in Qatar, and about 250 deaths per year - and this, in their view, is not a cause for concern. In fact, Indian government data suggests that back home in India you would expect a far higher proportion to die each year - not 250, but 1,000 in any group of 500,000 25-30-year-old men. https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-33019838 https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-33019838

wbl 5y ago
These workers are healthier than the people who die. They are capable of working after all.
tda 5y ago
I also don't have any numbers, so I can't comment on or how or low these are. But I do know that the circumstances in which these men are put to work is are more akin to slave labor then anyone can and should expect. And the conditions are truly extreme as the heat and humidity in the middle east can be enormous. And whilst I can't take the heat for more than a few minute walking, I see these laborers doing 12 hour shifts of hard manual labor every day. So not surprised if more than a few have suffered from fatal heat-strokes.