Why the Arrest of a Lebanese Doctor Should Terrify Every Visitor to the UAE

Re:Why the Arrest of a Lebanese Doctor Should Terrify Every ... by Aspos on Monday April 18, 2022 @07:21PM (#31077975)

So a guy lives in what can be best described as a "pit", makes an equivalent of, say, $200/m. Among many contenders wins job in Dubai, moves to a company-provided, airconditioned camp (built by no other that Hughes, who builds camps for Exxon, BP and others around the world), eats company-provided food, wears company-provided closes, watches company-provided TV, gets shuttled to and from work for free and makes $600/m. Works his ass off to stay employed, obviously. In a few years he may save up enough to marry any girl in the village. With some luck he may be given a chance to learn welding. If so, he will buy a new Hero Honda, or, even better, an automobile.

What should change in this scenario so you would stop calling this a "slavery"?

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Re:Why the Arrest of a Lebanese Doctor Should Terrify Every ... by alexvoda on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @06:58PM (#31090484)

Be provided an exit at any point. If the worker deems the actual(not advertised) working conditions unacceptable, they should be enabled to return home. Otherwise they are defacto captive, i.e. a slave.

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Re:Why the Arrest of a Lebanese Doctor Should Terrify Every ... by Aspos on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @09:15PM (#31091596)

That's right. Employees are free to go and can head to the airport at any moment. Employer must arrange and pay for the departure within a month. If it does not happen, government arranges the exit, pays the travel expenses and deducts the money from company's escrow account.

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