The implications of the major attack on undocumented foreign
employees in Saudi Arabia continues to be felt two days on from the
implementation.
Saudi government bodies happen to be detaining and deporting
hundreds of 1000's of employees who don't put on the correct documentation to
stay in the Saudi Arabia.
The Kingdom's economy has lengthy been dependent on
low-compensated labourers from nations for example India and also the
Philippines, but a rising unemployed rate among Saudi people has motivated the
attack.
Presenter: Bill Birtles
Speaker: Garry Martinez, Migrante organisation KV Shamsudeen,
Pravasi Bandhu Welfare Rely upon the U.s . Arab Emirates
BIRTLES: Modern Saudi Arabia has in lots of ways been built by
foreign work.
Likely to believed 9 million overseas employees within the
Kingdom, from nations for example India, Pakistan and also the Philippines,
doing from construction to domestic work.
But rising unemployment among Saudis motivated the federal
government to announce an amnesty captured for undocumented employees to have
their papers so as or leave.
Earlier this year, that amnesty ended.
Garry Martinez runs Migrante - a Filipino migrant organization.
MARTINEZ: 'There's still 1000's of Filipino who've been affected.
Lots of People from the philippines continue to be arranging outdoors our
embassy and consulate, and you will find lots of calls using their families wondering
how you can repatriate their loved ones'.
BIRTLES: He states you will find now 1000's of employees in Saudi
Arabia wanting revisit the Philippines but who aren't receiving sufficient
help.
MARTINEZ: The Philippines authorities in Saudi Arabia aren't
hearing their requirements. This is exactly why most Filipino employees have
made the decision to place up a tent city outdoors our embassy in Riyadh and
outdoors our consulate in Jeddah.'
BIRTLES: And just what are the problems that overseas laborers
have faced while employed in Saudi Arabia?
MARTINEZ: 'Because from the Kafala system, the sponsorship program
between your Philippines government and also the Saudi Arabian government, the
employees cannot transfer their job because they have signed anything. A number
of them happen to be roughed up, a number of them happen to be raped, a number
of them happen to be working from 5am to 3am each morning. They do not receive
their salaries, their travel documents are withheld, as well as their personal phone'.
BIRTLES:
Around ten percent of Saudi Arabia's foreign labor force is believe to become
living there unlawfully. KV Shamsudeen runs the Pravasi Bandhu Welfare Rely
upon the U . s . Arab Emirates, which will help Indian employees manage their
finances.
He states most of the undocumented foreign excellent came on
pilgrimage, remained onto work and therefore are roughed up by companies.
SHAMSUDEEN: 'Employers will exploit the salary and also the accommodation
and all sorts of other facilities. And not just that, all of the employees
sometimes need to pay some quantity of their salary towards the sponsor that
has given them the visa. So lots of exploitation is going on. However when they
legalize all of the employees within legal framework, that kind of exploitation
will not be there'.
BIRTLES: Mr Shamsudeen thinks the attack on illegal migrants is
not an indication of an extended term change from foreign work in Saudi Arabia.
He states local people will not be prepared to operate the reduced-compensated
and frequently menial jobs that foreign employees do.
SHAMSUDEEN:' That type of work, local people will not do. So they'll need a
lot of expatriate employees not less than the following twenty five years. Then
when they streamline and legalize the expatriates, there will always be of
chances for expatriates to again arrive at operate in a legitimate way.
Therefore the salary scale will enhance other facilities like accommodation and
transportation will improve - this all will be great for the expatriate
workers'.
BIRTLES: And Garry Martinez states regardless of the attack,
Filipino employees will even still mind to Saudi Arabia later on years.
MARTINEZ: 'Saudi would be the one that suffers simply because they
require the cheap work, they require the migrant employees who the 'Three D'
jobs - the dirty, difficult and harmful jobs with no Saudi excellent are
prepared to replace them'.
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