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How is that different from Qatar's so called slave work? I have friends who worked in the middle east and others who are working in France (in farms), and the

How is that different from Qatar's so called slave work? I have friends who worked in the middle east and others who are working in France (in farms), and the living conditions are similar, probably worse in France, why when the West does it it is okay?

sofixa 4y ago
How are the living conditions worse in France? Do they also take the labourers' passports and force them to work long days with no bathroom, water and food breaks? That'd be highly illegal here. It should be reported to the police if that's the case. At the very least it doesn't get to 50C out there, so there's that.
- danamit 4y ago
  They work farm work, with little to no job security, the bosses are most insulting etc... I haven't heard about Qatar taking passports in actuality from what I gathered from friends, but you are NOT ALLOWED to work for whoever, and if you do you pay a fine to the one who "imported" you. In France it is similar, except that you just get deported if you leave to work elsewhere, also you are forced to work only 6 months then get back, that's why a lot of such workers feel inclined to marry older French women, so they get some job security. It doesn't get so hot in France, but it does get so cold. To be fair to France they get paid a livable wage, like livable in the host country, but in the flip side such workers pay +10k to get such contracts. Also to be fair to the French, North Africans are complacent in such a business, and often than not the company that act like a middle man and hire the workers to the French farmers are often owned by North Africans. You gonna argue not all foreign workers, which apply to the Gulf too. Same goes for Thai berry pickers in Sweden, they go through shit, but it didn't happen to catch in the news and redditors did not type the same comment about workers every time they saw a Sweden news story so no one cares.

sofixa 4y ago

How are the living conditions worse in France? Do they also take the labourers' passports and force them to work long days with no bathroom, water and food breaks? That'd be highly illegal here. It should be reported to the police if that's the case. At the very least it doesn't get to 50C out there, so there's that.

danamit 4y ago
They work farm work, with little to no job security, the bosses are most insulting etc... I haven't heard about Qatar taking passports in actuality from what I gathered from friends, but you are NOT ALLOWED to work for whoever, and if you do you pay a fine to the one who "imported" you. In France it is similar, except that you just get deported if you leave to work elsewhere, also you are forced to work only 6 months then get back, that's why a lot of such workers feel inclined to marry older French women, so they get some job security. It doesn't get so hot in France, but it does get so cold. To be fair to France they get paid a livable wage, like livable in the host country, but in the flip side such workers pay +10k to get such contracts. Also to be fair to the French, North Africans are complacent in such a business, and often than not the company that act like a middle man and hire the workers to the French farmers are often owned by North Africans. You gonna argue not all foreign workers, which apply to the Gulf too. Same goes for Thai berry pickers in Sweden, they go through shit, but it didn't happen to catch in the news and redditors did not type the same comment about workers every time they saw a Sweden news story so no one cares.