This goes on all ofver the Gulf. The workers at the bottom of the food chain have little recourse. To not pay them is, of course, illegal, but the State will not act against the companies in a timely manner. There is little the workers can do, even if they never get paid. People go to prison here all the time for not paying their debts. When do we ever here of a company owner or official going to prison for not paying their workers (although the crime here is greater).
I am pleasantly surprised to see this on AJI. Al Jazeera, which generally does a good job of investigative reporting everywhere else in the region, rarely show the darker side of Qatar. Kudos to AJI for having the guts to show this.
This goes on all ofver the Gulf. The workers at the bottom of the food chain have little recourse. To not pay them is, of course, illegal, but the State will not act against the companies in a timely manner. There is little the workers can do, even if they never get paid. People go to prison here all the time for not paying their debts. When do we ever here of a company owner or official going to prison for not paying their workers (although the crime here is greater).
I am pleasantly surprised to see this on AJI. Al Jazeera, which generally does a good job of investigative reporting everywhere else in the region, rarely show the darker side of Qatar. Kudos to AJI for having the guts to show this.