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I thought this had been debunked and that actually the death rate included all deaths of migrants for any reason (cancer, accidents at home etc). I also thought
by dataengineer56 4y ago
I thought this had been debunked and that actually the death rate included all deaths of migrants for any reason (cancer, accidents at home etc). I also thought that the death rate was lower than if these migrants had stayed in their own countries. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-33019838 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-33019838 is from 2015 but I thought I read something more recently.
- ramraj07 4y agoThat’s like saying because people die often when they’re gone anyway, it’s okay if they die in the army at the same rate. It’s not the same.
- dataengineer56 4y agoEveryone has to die. If they're dying at a lower rate in Qatar than their own country then how is that bad for Qatar?
- lvl102 4y agoDo you really not see the difference? Based on your name, you clearly deal with data.
- ramraj07 4y agoData engineers know as much about data as real estate agents know about land.
- crispyambulance 4y agoIt just goes to show how little agency these workers have. One dumb story drawing outsized conclusions with bad data has people claiming Qatar is A-OK because the story is wrong. It may very well be that workers have a lower death rate in Qatar than in the medieval-level conditions of their home countries, but that doesn't excuse indentured servitude (actual modern slavery) which is what many face in Qatar and UAE. In the 1700's British slave traders brought Africans to the new world where most lived longer lives than they would have in their homelands. How does that reflect badly on British slave traders? </sarcasm>