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Under Article 4 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, no person “shall be held in slavery

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Under Article 4 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, no person “shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.” A more accurate definition of modern slavery is provided by Kevin Bales who defined slavery as “a relationship in which one person is controlled by violence through violence, the threat of violence, or psychological coercion, has lost free will and free movement, is exploited economically, and paid nothing beyond subsistence.” The migrant workers in Qatar and especially the unskilled labor are unaware of these rights. These construction workers if not absolutely are close to completing all the conditions to be labelled as victims of modern slavery. Domestic help …show more content…

Often, the wages are decreased considerably after the contractors mislead their workers into new contracts. There have been many cases where construction workers in Qatar had to stay hungry or borrow money for food as the food allowances were reduced considerably or entirely stopped without any valid reason. But, the employers and sponsors are not held responsible, as, they can get by just by making excuses of it being the decision of the corporate offices. The food situation added with the fact that more than 50% these migrant workers do not even have medical cards which are required for access to public hospitals and the earlier mentioned living conditions completely breaks Article 25 of the Human Rights which declares that “Everyone has the right to an adequate standard of living for health and well-being, including food, clothing, housing, medical care and necessary social services. According to Amnesty International, these are the five articles that determine the conditions of modern slavery. Modern slavery exists!
With an average 5 migrant workers to every Qatari citizen, Qataris are born with people from other foreign countries working for them in all streams of life. However, with the south Asian and

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