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| Garbage at prophet's tomb an unforeseen side effect of SA immigrant crackdown |
| 2013-11-23 |
| Riyadh, Saudi Arabia — Garbage is piling up on streets around the mosque housing the burial site of the Prophet Muhammad. Grocery stores have shut their doors and almost half of Saudi Arabia’s small construction firms have stopped working on projects. The mess is because foreign workers on which many businesses rely are fleeing, have gone into hiding or are under arrest amid a crackdown launched Nov. 4 targeting the kingdom’s 9 million migrant laborers. Decades of lax immigration enforcement allowed migrants to take low-wage manual, clerical and service jobs that the kingdom’s own citizens shunned for better paying, more comfortable work. |
| Posted by:Anguper Hupomosing9418 |
| #3 Good one Zenobia. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2013-11-23 16:04 |
| #2 While others whine, we dine. |
| Posted by: Au Auric 2013-11-23 14:37 |
| #1 Is it halal to hold up my dishdash On the hajj if the Kaaba's amidst trash? My thobe's nice and white, But my calves might incite Rum doings, inviting the whiplash |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2013-11-23 13:52 |