Re:Qatar: Abolish Exit Visas for Migrant Workers
by mikeash on Saturday November 09, 2013 @08:53PM
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How many countries did so earlier?
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Re:Qatar: Abolish Exit Visas for Migrant Workers
by pallingaround on Saturday November 09, 2013 @09:42PM
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After some wiki-research, I found that my facts on this were dead wrong.
It turns out that progressive Saudi Arabia was far more forward-thinking when it comes to the abolition of slavery than I had imagined, they abolished slavery in 1962 not 1965...
But to answer your question, A LOT: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abolition_of_slavery_timeline#1...
(But also, ahem...http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/13thamendment.html)
All smart assery aside, even today you are in big trouble as a Filipino or Eastern European maid or nanny if you choose or are tricked into setting up shop in Saudi Arabia