Comments on: Illegal Indian Workers Get Special Airfares http://www.onlinetravelreview.com/2007/07/11/illegal-indian-workers-get-special-airfares/ Airline News and Commentary Thu, 08 Jan 2009 04:56:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: tseliot http://www.onlinetravelreview.com/2007/07/11/illegal-indian-workers-get-special-airfares/#comment-5764 tseliot Thu, 12 Jul 2007 21:34:47 +0000 http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onlinetravelreview/2007/07/11/illegal-indian-workers-get-special-airfares/#comment-5764 Wow. Yeah you never really imagine illegal immigration in other countries. Like, central Americans immigrate illegally to Mexico. But that is an interesting solution. Discount one way flights to Mexico for illegals. Hah Wow. Yeah you never really imagine illegal immigration in other countries. Like, central Americans immigrate illegally to Mexico. But that is an interesting solution. Discount one way flights to Mexico for illegals. Hah

]]> By: Ralph http://www.onlinetravelreview.com/2007/07/11/illegal-indian-workers-get-special-airfares/#comment-5763 Ralph Thu, 12 Jul 2007 17:05:07 +0000 http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onlinetravelreview/2007/07/11/illegal-indian-workers-get-special-airfares/#comment-5763 I would think Indians would be very thankful, and good on the airlines for doing so especially since a lot of the foreign construction workers who are building the UAE get paid next to nothing... just read an article on Gulf News and on Xe.com the salary works out to be 4 USD per day. <a href="http://www.gulfnews.com/indepth/labour/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.gulfnews.com/indepth/labour/index.html</a> (under pay and conditions heading) In Dubai, for example, the national population is regularly reported to be under 20% of the total population, so the mindset of people in the UAE may be different. There has also been a lot of foreign labor unrest and protests in the streets. But the sad part is that many of the illegals will return as we see here in America.... a cat and mouse game. America is not the only country that needs immigration reform and more laws and protection for foreign workers are needed. I would think Indians would be very thankful, and good on the airlines for doing so especially since a lot of the foreign construction workers who are building the UAE get paid next to nothing… just read an article on Gulf News and on Xe.com the salary works out to be 4 USD per day. http://www.gulfnews.com/indepth/labour/index.html
(under pay and conditions heading)

In Dubai, for example, the national population is regularly reported to be under 20% of the total population, so the mindset of people in the UAE may be different. There has also been a lot of foreign labor unrest and protests in the streets.

But the sad part is that many of the illegals will return as we see here in America…. a cat and mouse game.

America is not the only country that needs immigration reform and more laws and protection for foreign workers are needed.

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