KUWAIT: Migrant workers take to the streets

An extraordinary uprising by hundreds of expatriate workers has erupted in Kuwait over the last three days. The workers, many of them from South Asia, are rebelling against their poor living conditions, staging demonstrations at various locations to demand better salaries.

In Kuwait, as in other Persian Gulf countries, laborers often remain in the shadows, silently tolerating grueling work conditions and low wages. They rarely reap the benefits of the huge profit from soaring oil prices, and they are condemned to suffer the subsequent rise in prices even as their salaries remain largely unchanged.

Comments

[Kuwaiti]

Reply @ South Asian : Are you an Idiot ?
First of all its Kuwait not kuwit. Secondly, your comment is pure hatred and doesn't hold any point. If you take the time to research, you would see that the workers/Labors who come through the right channels, ie the Man Power agencies don't end up having such miserable lives, as they sign a contract, stating their standard of living, before entering the country. The ones who do have horrible conditions expect too much, Many of them just get a visit visa and enter the country and then start looking for jobs and eventually have no choice other than to work at minimum wage.
Your country (wherever in south asia) should have an education program teaching people not to make stupid decisions.

[Abdulaziz]

Its not the Kuwaiti government who is uncivilized. Most of these people don't have a degree and come from the lowest class of there country. How are they supposed to get high salaries when their degree is not high enough to get them a good job. In fact these guys just move to Kuwait and start searching for a job, they think that were ever you go in the gulf countries no matter what is you degree you will get paid good. well unfortunate for them they didn't search in the right way and after they come into Kuwait and they don't find a job they start working with illegal stuff including drugs and prostitution.

[a South Asian]

It shows how uncivilized this kuwit govt is? This ragime really need to know what is civilized attitude. World and at least south Asia ( all 7 country) should give a good answer to this evil uncivilized ragime of Kuwit. We south asians are not slaves. We can buy and sale this kuwit in every second. thanks you for reading my massage!