The question of blue-collar labor is being raised at all levels of the GCC. The majority of these workers throughout the Gulf have always lived bachelor lives with their families back home anyway. There have been numerous ideas put forward including not allowing a stay of more than 6 years for foreigners.
I haven't seen any statistics but I think a demographic change is being effected in the Gulf with rising rents the driving force behind it.
As for white-collar workers in the third bracket you classified things are becoming increasingly difficult for them. But as long as there's an oversupply of these workers back in their homeland they will continue to come and take up jobs in the Gulf as long as that's possible.
Without the governments of these workers setting a minimum standard before allowing workers to travel and take up jobs this situation will not change. And the governments won't because they're a source of hard currency remittances.
I think you are exaggerating about the increased social problems. Yes they exist, have existed and will always be around but the overwhelming majority of these workers as I said before are living bachelor lives here anyway. If you imply that there will be an increase in rapes, peeping-toms and other criminal/deviant behavior I disagree.
The increase in crime Qatar is seeing is mostly related to credit-card fraud, high-take robberies and drug and alcohol-related issues.
Not too long from now Q-Tel will cease to monopolize the comm sector in Qatar, and last I heard you can still use messenger services like Yahoo to communicate so the situation is not as bleak as you put it.
Perhaps you are transferring your own frustrations and applying them to the whole situation.
The question of blue-collar labor is being raised at all levels of the GCC. The majority of these workers throughout the Gulf have always lived bachelor lives with their families back home anyway. There have been numerous ideas put forward including not allowing a stay of more than 6 years for foreigners.
I haven't seen any statistics but I think a demographic change is being effected in the Gulf with rising rents the driving force behind it.
As for white-collar workers in the third bracket you classified things are becoming increasingly difficult for them. But as long as there's an oversupply of these workers back in their homeland they will continue to come and take up jobs in the Gulf as long as that's possible.
Without the governments of these workers setting a minimum standard before allowing workers to travel and take up jobs this situation will not change. And the governments won't because they're a source of hard currency remittances.
I think you are exaggerating about the increased social problems. Yes they exist, have existed and will always be around but the overwhelming majority of these workers as I said before are living bachelor lives here anyway. If you imply that there will be an increase in rapes, peeping-toms and other criminal/deviant behavior I disagree.
The increase in crime Qatar is seeing is mostly related to credit-card fraud, high-take robberies and drug and alcohol-related issues.
Not too long from now Q-Tel will cease to monopolize the comm sector in Qatar, and last I heard you can still use messenger services like Yahoo to communicate so the situation is not as bleak as you put it.
Perhaps you are transferring your own frustrations and applying them to the whole situation.