Monday, May 23, 2011

The Plight of Migrant Workers in the Middle East and North Africa

by Simba Russeau, Global Research, May 20, 2011

CAIRO, May 20, 2011 - As the world rallies in support of the popular uprisings sweeping across the Arab world, which were provoked by long social and economic injustice, the plight of migrant workers from Africa and Asia find themselves jobless, penniless and subjected to threats and beatings.

Many of the estimated twenty million migrant workers in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are from poor countries whose leaders have long failed to put in place mechanisms to protect their nationals from abuse, inhumane working conditions, trafficking and a means for repatriation during times of crisis.

Full article: http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=24879

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