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| Saudis complain of huge losses from escaped workers |
| 2011-12-18 |
| Expatriate workers in the Kingdom find it very easy to escape from their sponsors ¡ª either a person or a company ¡ª without losing money. Despite the difficulties that Saudi citizens and companies face to import workers in addition to the money they pay for visas ¡ª SR7,000 or more per worker ¡ª Saudi Arabia does not have a strict law to protect the rights of the citizen or company when the worker escapes. Economists estimate that Saudi Arabia loses SR38 million annually on escaped workers. The poor dears£¡ Arab News spoke to lawyers and officials in the Ministry of Interior, who confirmed that the government had nothing to do with escaped workers apart from deporting them. They also confirmed that the citizen is the only loser in such cases. Those damn expats£¬ taking advantage of the good nature of Arabs towards other races£¡ ¡°It is common these days to hear about escaped workers, maids and drivers. They sometimes escape from their sponsor while looking for higher payment and better treatment,¡± said Abdulrahman Al-Jehani, head assistant of the recruitment department in the ministry. The government duty, in this case, is to arrest the escaped worker and deport him or her, said Al-Jehani. He added that workers sometimes escaped because of bad treatment or because they had not been paid their salary on time, but ¡°workers should know that escaping is not the solution for them.¡± Just grin and bear the beatings¡£ They will continue until morale improves¡£ |
| Posted by:gromky |
| #5 The slaves run away? They must have a better economy than we do. |
| Posted by: gorb 2011-12-18 20:03 |
| #4 Really, don't these workers understand they have been bought and paid for? |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2011-12-18 14:55 |
| #3 Can't get any good slaves these days. |
| Posted by: bigjim-CA 2011-12-18 14:01 |
| #2 What they need is some variety of fugitive slave law. "It is also decreed that if any slave run away from his master, that in such case, upon the fatwa of one Imam; that said slave shall be delivered, either to his master, or any other that pursues and brings such certificate or proof to the local Mutaween office, during regular Vice and Virtue business hours." |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-12-18 08:34 |
| #1 That's to the North of Saudia? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2011-12-18 06:41 |