Alexa, I think that's not entirely fair. A lot of expats got caught in the trap of spiralling rents, cost of living etc., and their Qatari employers chose to ignore their employees problems.
These same employers do not want their 'slaves' to leave and make it difficult for them to do so legally, and certainly they will not provide an NOC for those employees who do insist on leaving.
Faced with this situation, many expats felt they had no choice but to leave 'unofficially' and can you blame them for that?
The whole sponsorship system is geared in favour of the employers, employees problems can be conveniently ignored and I think we all know that the labour department is not effective in dealing with issues such as this.
The inequities of the Qatar sponsorship created this problem but it is the expats who are going to pay for it!
Alexa, I think that's not entirely fair. A lot of expats got caught in the trap of spiralling rents, cost of living etc., and their Qatari employers chose to ignore their employees problems.
These same employers do not want their 'slaves' to leave and make it difficult for them to do so legally, and certainly they will not provide an NOC for those employees who do insist on leaving.
Faced with this situation, many expats felt they had no choice but to leave 'unofficially' and can you blame them for that?
The whole sponsorship system is geared in favour of the employers, employees problems can be conveniently ignored and I think we all know that the labour department is not effective in dealing with issues such as this.
The inequities of the Qatar sponsorship created this problem but it is the expats who are going to pay for it!