Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Bangladeshis in Iraq
NY Times ran this article about Bangladeshis working in Iraq. Surprisingly, even in Iraq amidst the turmoil and economic woes, Iraqis still find time to turn down jobs that they consider beneath them. This is where Bangladeshi workers swoop in to gladly take up those jobs and live in less than stellar accomodations. One of the cited worker mentioned he resided in a single room with other Bangladeshi men which can only be accessed by a ladder. The article further stated how the lives of these Bangladeshi workers tend to solely revolve around their jobs. They often dont see much of greater Iraq beyond their vicinity for rational fears of being killed or worse. Personally, I wonder what depraved conditions are those Bangladeshi workers in their own country for them to opt for working in Iraq?
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http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jgLuQaKRm_D_NhR487gqIFGzYJWA
Is this the article?
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/22/world/middleeast/22iraq.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=Migrant%20Workers%20in%20Iraq&st=cse
This is the article I cited.
Dearest Akkel Khan,
Thank you for such a wondrous comment. Yes, I do know about the MANPOWER BUSINESSMAN, but I wondered how any Bangladeshi would want to go to Iraq. Yes, the Middle East I understand, land of oil, gold, harems; but why Iraq - land of incessant foreign and civil unrest, inadequate security, threat of suicide bombs daily. I suppose I can clock it to the Bangladeshis' lack of education and general unawareness of the political situation in Iraq.
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