So we hear a lot about how countries liek Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia etc use slave labor because people from Africa, india, pakistan, bangladesh or whatever come over to work and then they live in horrible conditions and their employers steal their passports so they can’t leave. How does this stop anyone from leaving?
I know for a fact that if you lose a US passport while you are abroad you can go to the embasssy and report it lost and they print an emergency passport which can be used to leave the country. Yesterday i was at an airport in Poland and someone from Italy or something had his passport stolen and he used some document printed by the embassy allowing him to leave. Do countries like india or pakistan or whatever not have these? I get maybe its dificult for africans since many african countries only have a few embassies abroad in other countries or they might not offer many services but can these people who are “enslaved” not just go to their embassies and explain the situation so they can leave teh country? Do their countries just not give a shit that they’re being “enslaved?” I understnad that Gambia or Guinea Bisseau can’t stand up to the UAE but surely India or Pakistan can.
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So, let’s say you are in a foreign country and you are working as a domestic servant. Your boss takes your passport then, you boss withholds your pay, beats you, rapes you, etc.
You can’t go to the police. Without a passport you could be removed for immigration reasons, because in most countries a foreign national has to have it with them. Your boss may even threaten you that if you go to the police, they will call the immigration authorities to have you deported. Depending on the laws of the country, if the police question your boss, they will believe everything they say and nothing that you say. If you say your boss took your passport, your boss will say no, you just never had one and he wants you deported because your immigration status is in question.
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