ok it's Iraq but it's interesting
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Here is a link to a blog put up by Morgan on a different Blog. There are a
number of entries that tie more to your topic than theirs. Enjoy.
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Saturday, April 4, 2009
Migrant Workers: Returnig Home Causes Problems
Human migration in Saudi Arabia has recently become an interesting situation given the recent worldwide economic crisis and its impact on the price of oil. The article in Jacque's post by the Guardian described migrant workers in Saudi Arabia as household laborers, but in my research I have discovered that a large portion of the migrant workers are also employed in construction and oil companies. Workers in these industries from Asia have recently been sent back to their home countries because of the current economic crisis having reduced oil prices so drastically and devastated the real estate industry. Saudi companies have responded with lay-offs that send the migrant workers home, where, in the case of Bangladesh they are not always welcome. In this article, the fact that migrant workers are, in large numbers, leaving Saudi Arabia and the UAE is described as causing big problems in their home countries. Check out the article and tell me what you think about the idea that migrant workers in Saudi Arabia returning home is causing big problems.
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Yes, absolutely. This is really interesting because when I was looking for information on this issue I had a hard time finding more current perspectives.
ReplyDeleteI think deportation is a huge problem. Clearly, many people in Bangladesh were relying on remittances as a source of income. I think this is seen in a big way also in the United States as our government has also been deporting immigrants by the thousands.
What question this brings up to me, is this return immigration pattern going to become a global trend in this global economic crisis? If so, this trend could be a sort of second wave problem for countries with high numbers of emigrants.