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BBC NEWS | Middle East | Egypt town boasts 'zero unemployment'
Um, yeah, because clearly the problem with Egypt's economy is that ordinary Egyptians just don't have enough work ethic. Thanks BBC. Could you be any more patronizing?
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Immigrant laborers as superheroes. The subjects are mostly Mexican, but it reminds me of the term 'bagong bayani' (new heroes) used (often somewhat hypocritically) to describe Filipino overseas workers.
Migrant Rights » Blog Archive » Bahraini Lawyer Dismisses Rape of Asian Migrant as ‘Fun’
Via Yaman...
A young Filipina working in Bahrain is struggling for justice after her kidnap and rape by three local men was dismissed by a lawyer as an act of ‘fun’, according to the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR).
YouTube - Indonesian youth sues employer for abuse - 15 Feb 09
An Indonesian teenager has launched a landmark legal case over abuse she suffered at the hands of her employer
i Report Online | Every 6 Hours, Pirates Seize a Filipino Seaman
“The double hazard pay scheme is simply saying ‘Welcome aboard, Filipino seafarers; let all of you be kidnapped but what we need are your precious remittances,’” Monterona laments in an emailed statement.
88 more Filipinas in UAE awaiting repatriation - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos
bizarre bit at the end though: "Villar gave the five OFWs who went home grocery items, which, he said, they could sell to earn some capital."
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