tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12016602.post3888811530942234983..comments2024-01-27T14:05:07.702+00:00Comments on MAILSTROM : No Arab Spring for Migrantsajohnstonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09874891810770297962noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12016602.post-66162409201184408322013-11-11T04:27:08.406+00:002013-11-11T04:27:08.406+00:00A top UN official has criticized Qatar over the co...A top UN official has criticized Qatar over the condition of migrant workers in the Persian Gulf emirate and reports of workers' deaths on construction sites.<br /><br />Francois Crepeau, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants that living conditions of foreign workers in Qatar are poor and described one compound he had visited as a "slum". <br /><br />Foreign workers cannot change jobs or leave the emirate without the permission of their sponsors, who are often Qatari companies or individuals who provide workers to businesses for profit. <br /><br />Most of the sponsors take away the passports of the workers, who are mostly in the construction sector, for the duration of their contract. <br /><br />"This system that is used to regulate the relationship between employers and migrant workers, with a work permit linked to a single employer, is problematic and a source of abuse against migrants," Crepeau added. <br /><br />Hundreds of migrant workers have already died and many more injured on building sites in the country. <br /><br />http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/11/11/334073/un-censures-qatar-for-migrant-workers/ajohnstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09874891810770297962noreply@blogger.com