{"id":4931,"date":"2022-03-13T19:52:29","date_gmt":"2022-03-13T19:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/?p=4931"},"modified":"2022-03-13T19:52:29","modified_gmt":"2022-03-13T19:52:29","slug":"up-to-10000-asian-migrant-workers-die-in-the-gulf-every-year-claims-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/2022\/03\/13\/up-to-10000-asian-migrant-workers-die-in-the-gulf-every-year-claims-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Up to 10,000 Asian migrant workers die in the Gulf every year, claims report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2022\/mar\/11\/up-to-10000-asian-migrant-workers-die-in-the-gulf-every-year-claims-report<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a new claim from countries in South Asia, such as Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Nepal, migrant workers from the above countries are being treated without regard for loss of life or safety precautions in gulf countries. These gulf countries being United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, and Kuwait. Due to a lack of labor reforms in the gulf countries, and high levels of worker exploitation, as many as 10,000 South Asian migrants who came to the gulf for work every year die. The causes of death relate back to the high levels of worker exploitation- workers are exposed to things such as unfit labor temperatures, abuse, poor safety measures, and even psychological harm. These migrants come for work, and there are about 30 million of them in the gulf as of right now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The problem is that origin states can’t ensure the protection of the migrants coming from their homelands in South Asia. Unlike western states, there are no legalities in place to reinforce the value of migrant life. For the gulf states, there’s a high enough influx of workers from other countries (even South Asia) that the workers are, in short, expendable. Much like the supposed human rights violations that caused western countries to deny visitation to the world cup for the Olympics in Beijing, as Qatar approaches hosting the world cup, there’s discussion on how ethical it is for them to host. The problem, in my opinion, is that there’s no real way to protest the unfair treatment of migrants without the intervention of political powers. The migrants themselves can’t protest, because they use the work to earn wages and stay alive. The gulf states won’t pay ethical wages or fair conditions on the goodness of their hearts, because they need the cheap labor. Specifically for Qatar, migrants build the cities and facilities that the world cup will be hosted in. So really, without the intervention of major powers, there will be no change. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although the treatment of migrants in the gulf isn’t yet an official human rights violation, it violates some of the articles in the universal declaration of human rights. Article 3 defines the right of life, liberty, and personal security. Article 5 defines the right against degrading treatment. Article 23 is the right to desirable work conditions. Clearly, that one isn’t being met. Article 25, right to an adequate living standard. All of these rights are ones that the migrants living in the gulf deserve, but even for the bare minimum to be met would be an improvement upon the lives of South Asian migrants looking for work and a way to sustain a living. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2022\/mar\/11\/up-to-10000-asian-migrant-workers-die-in-the-gulf-every-year-claims-report In a new claim from countries in South Asia, such as Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Nepal, migrant workers from the above countries are being treated without regard for loss of life or safety precautions in gulf countries. These gulf countries being United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, and Kuwait. Due to a lack of labor reforms in… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":213,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-analysis-post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/213"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4931"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4932,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4931\/revisions\/4932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}