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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It depends.
In a poor country, there are lots and lots of people wanting to get out, by using all sorts of tricks.
The embassies as a result do not easily process people and also can get corrupt themselves or get high and think they are really powerful.
Either way, it might not be a walk in the park even if you have some other way to identify yourself and might take a long time.
And that’s if you have another way to id yourself, if you don’t, then it would be difficult to prove who you are.
Also, you might be threatened, beaten among other things to prevent you from seeking help.
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