Lot of Indians also work in these countries due to poverty reasons. I feel privileged to be born in a relatively wealthy and educated family in India. If it was not the case may be I would have one of the migrant workers like them.
If these countries have oil money in abundance then why don't they give good working conditions and pay more money. Few million dollars will hardly going to move needle for them. I smell corruption.
If these countries have oil money in abundance then why don't they give good working conditions and pay more money
Racism. There's a certain pecking order in the Gulf: 1.) Locals, 2.) Other Gulf nationals, 3.) Whites (Western), 4.) Non-white professionals (Western) 5.) Other Arabs (professionals), 5.) South Asian professionals, 6.) Working class (busboys/waiters/etc.), 7.) Day laborers (mostly South Asian).
If you see a certain race/class as subhuman, why would you provide them with good working conditions?
It's been a tough journey of about 200 years to eliminate most of this thinking in the west.
It's certainly hard to watch this process unfold in other countries. The process is certainly faster than it was in the west but still excruciatingly slow.
The countries could enforce/create laws and protect these people. To suggest that they have no power in the situation laughable. They cannot be absolved of their responsibility for this issue.
I suspect that, due to the internet, prospective migrant works are a good deal less naive than they used to be. Which makes me wonder if Nepalese will still be prepared to work there in future.
They are well aware of working conditions. I'm sure some migrant workers might be returning to Nepal and this type of information spreads quickly within rural communities. And Nepalese people will still work for them. Poverty makes people do all sorts of things. And that includes taking risks with your own life.
Apparently, that is also true of farmers in India. If only the government can bring in better policies to improve logistics; oh how poverty corrodes the soul of a society.
If these countries have oil money in abundance then why don't they give good working conditions and pay more money. Few million dollars will hardly going to move needle for them. I smell corruption.