"Domestics ... safety first!"
Abdullah Sayel
Published — Monday 24 March 2014
The Ministry of Labor just finished signing an agreement with India, the Philippines, Indonesia and Sri Lanka. This has to do with house labor and its new regulations. In the next few weeks, similar agreements are to be signed with Nepal and Vietnam. During the next few months, more agreements should be sorted out with Djibouti, Comoros and Cambodia.
The Saudi families are divided into two at the moment. Some are pleased to hear the news and many others are not. The accidents, which had to do with many Ethiopian house workers, left many doubts about welcoming new nationalities. The Filipino, Indian, Sri Lankan and Indonesian labor is known and welcomed by Saudi houses. But when it comes to other new nationalities, society now is more conscious than ever.
I believe that long queues are expected at the four known and appreciated providers. This will of course limit the chances of other nationalities as the question of safety for Saudi families comes first. It is also important now to raise awareness on both sides, concerning culture, lifestyle and beliefs.
- The writer is Media Manager, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences.
This sounds a little far-fetched, even for Saudi Arabia.
What are Ethiopians doing there in the first place?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_the_Ottoman_Empire
Slaves are allowed. Black slaves were converted into Eunuchs. There was no call to end this practice and it only stopped when the Ottoman empire collapsed.
I’m sure the 0 administration will condemn this right away.
No wait. That would be only when White Christians are the agressors.
Background.
Saudi Arabia had been a magnet for illegal aliens from Ethiopia, but had announced a crackdown and deportation for as many as 100,000 by November-December of last year, which was the end of a 7 month amnesty period for Ethiopians to voluntarily leave.
With 91 million citizens, Ethiopia is Africa’s second most populous nation and also one of the continent’s poorest; the majority of people live on less than two dollars a day.
Though it is one of the fastest growing economies on the continent, about 27 percent of women and 13 percent of men are jobless. Facing limited job prospects and harsh economic realities back home, large numbers of Ethiopian men and women head to the oil- and gas-rich Arabian peninsula each year seeking work.
The UN refugee agency says that more than 51,000 Ethiopians risked their lives this year alone (2013) on the risky sea crossing across the Gulf of Aden, where reports are common of ships sinking or refugees drowning after being thrown out too far from the shore.
It is not limited to Ethiopians, either. In December, Sudan said more than 11,000 workers had returned voluntarily after the amnesty ended.
However, I didn't think the Saudi police had the guts or brains to attack ANYone, let alone TARGET a group. They often have their stripes/rank SAFETY-PINNED to their uniforms. They really are pathetic. They really ARE a bunch of "do-nothing-mystifiers"
Also, the Saudis can't afford to alienate ANY group willing to go work in that hot, miserable, bug infested, nasty-well-water hell-hole.
As for their "miliary," they are worse. When that "captain" in their "air force" actually SHOT someone down, he became an INSTANT national hero. Whodda thunk he even knew how to fly...but he did learn here in the U.S.A.
I don't think we are hearing the truth from the Kingdom. We never heard it before, the whole truth, so why would they SUDDENLY change and say truths now?
What is REALLY sad is that things are SO horrible in Ethiopia that the Ethiopians feel that working in the KSA would be a good thing for them. THAT is sad.
My guess is these Ethiopians are Orthodox Christians of the Ehtiopian Church.
How I hate those Islamic Scum.
After what she told the Chicoms, I’m sure Michelle will get right on this since she’s all about inequality and suffering.