It's a shame what goes on with regard to the foreign workers in Saudi Arabia and the oil-rich Gulf States.
Nepalese worker in Qatar: 'I didn't get a single rupee in six months'
Ram Kumar Mahara says he was not paid for 12-hour shifts on sites building the infrastructure for 2022 World Cup
Pete Pattisson in Janakpur
theguardian.com, Thursday 19 December 2013 13.52 EST
Ram Kumar Mahara has returned to Nepal but says he has to clear the large debts he ran up to pay for the Qatar work assignment. Photograph: Pete Pattisson for the Guardian
If things had gone well, Ram Kumar Mahara would be working on a Qatari building site, earning around £120 a month helping the country to erect the infrastructure that will enable it to host the football World Cup in 2022.
But things didn't go well.
First there was the pay. Ram Kumar says there wasn't any. Then there were the conditions 12-hour shifts, a shortage of food and finally, after a complaint to the manager, summary removal from the labour camp. It was so distressing that the 27-year-old Nepali lost his hair. After weeks in legal limbo at the Nepali embassy in Doha, he finally made it home. The nightmare was over, but a new one was just beginning.
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Nepalese worker in Qatar: 'I didn't get a single rupee in six months'
Ram Kumar Mahara says he was not paid for 12-hour shifts on sites building the infrastructure for 2022 World Cup
Pete Pattisson in Janakpur
theguardian.com, Thursday 19 December 2013 13.52 EST
Ram Kumar Mahara has returned to Nepal but says he has to clear the large debts he ran up to pay for the Qatar work assignment. Photograph: Pete Pattisson for the Guardian
If things had gone well, Ram Kumar Mahara would be working on a Qatari building site, earning around £120 a month helping the country to erect the infrastructure that will enable it to host the football World Cup in 2022.
But things didn't go well.
First there was the pay. Ram Kumar says there wasn't any. Then there were the conditions 12-hour shifts, a shortage of food and finally, after a complaint to the manager, summary removal from the labour camp. It was so distressing that the 27-year-old Nepali lost his hair. After weeks in legal limbo at the Nepali embassy in Doha, he finally made it home. The nightmare was over, but a new one was just beginning.
Continue reading at:
Nepalese worker in Qatar: 'I didn't get a single rupee in six months' | World news | theguardian.com