Bahraini Labor Minister says 'South Asian Workers bigger threat than Nuclear Attack'

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This Labor Minister claims that these workers represent a bigger threat to Arabs than a Nuclear Attack.

Such is the vile racism that exists towards our people in the Middle East.

This Labor Minister’s racist tirade on the impending danger worse than an atomic bomb that Asian workers represented, while sitting at a desk that must have been polished by an Asian worker, in an office cooled by air-conditioning systems fitted and serviced by Asian electricians, after arriving in a car chauffeured by an Asian driver. Before that he must have eaten a breakfast prepared by an Asian cook and wore dresses pressed at an Asian laundry.

http://www.zawya.com/Story.cfm/sidANA239027121043

DUBAI, Jan 27, 2008 (AFP) - A Bahraini minister has warned of an “Asian tsunami” because of the reliance of “lazy” Gulf Arabs on foreign labour to carry out even the simplest tasks, in an interview published on Sunday.

Labour Minister Majid al-Alawi told Asharq Al-Awsat that the presence of almost 17 million foreign workers in the Gulf, mostly from the Asian sub-continent, represented “a danger worse than the atomic bomb or an Israeli attack”.

“I am not exaggerating that the number will reach almost 30 million in ten years from now,” he told the pan-Arab daily.

Alawi has called for the residency of foreign workers in the oil-rich Gulf states to be limited to six years but the leadership of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council has not followed up on the proposal.

“The commercial lobby in the Gulf thwarted the project which was in the final phases before being implemented,” he said.

Alawi said that Gulf nationals were “lazy” and “spoilt”, relying on imported labour for the simplest of tasks.

“A lord with billions in Great Britain cleans his own car on a Sunday morning, whereas people of the Gulf look for someone to hand them a glass of water from just a couple of metres away,” he said.

“If the Gulf governments do not watch out for this tsunami of foreign labourers, the fate of this region is very worrying,” he said.

In October, Alawi called for the Gulf’s “sponsonship” system to be abandoned, saying it left foreign workers at the mercy of the individuals or institutions which employ them.

He called for government to oversee visas and work permits to protect the rights of foreign workers, in a region which human rights organisations have often accused of abusing employees in slave-like conditions.

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Re: Bahraini Labor Minister says 'South Asian Workers bigger threat than Nuclear Atta

they have been pushing for saudization for a long time in KSA
its something that is not going to happen - not at least till the oil runs out and the Paki indian workforce looks for other sources of income.

These lazy bums, rather than appreciate the hard work done by the Pakistani and indian workers, come up with such sick and retarded comments.

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Re: Bahraini Labor Minister says 'South Asian Workers bigger threat than Nuclear Atta

Think this is actually more of a negative commentary on the laziness of rich Arabs, not any particular threat from South Asians. It seems like a slap at his own people.

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I think it's just a bad choice of words. He is actually trying to say it's the locals who are at fault. Maybe the press secretary was Bahraini, and not Asian.

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Your are Right…but he has also failed to mention soething else to the Arab people…that all these years they been selling a valuable commodity… while telling the Buyers…“You keep the Money”…:smack:

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Yep, and he's absolutely right. Something horrible will happen when you ask 30 million "temporary" workers to leave. What the arabs really fear is becoming a minority in their own country.

Mercenary has failed reading comprehension - once again. Boo for making up a fake quote also. The minister said all expatriates are a threat, not South Asians alone.

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I wonder if Mercenary will now report you to the mods for that comment.

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They already are a minority

Mercenary has failed reading comprehension - once again. Boo for making up a fake quote also. The minister said all expatriates are a threat, not South Asians alone.
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Really, so his Minister is also scared of Europeans and Americans?

Give me a break

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You're horrible - this has much to do about nothing.

  1. Yes, for all we know he is talking about Europeans and Americans also. Dont inject your own prejudice and assume he means one race or another. The article said he was talking about all expats... so he's talking about all expats. Dont know where you made up your lousy quote about him targeting south asians.

  2. He also cares about working conditions. "He called for government to oversee visas and work permits to protect the rights of foreign workers, in a region which human rights organisations have often accused of abusing employees in slave-like conditions."

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^^ ummm ok, so he is talking about all expatriates

man its so pathetic of you to make excuses for this racist minister

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Re: Bahraini Labor Minister says 'South Asian Workers bigger threat than Nuclear Atta

Yes, he is concerned about his country and immigration's negative impact, and he is justifiable in looking out for Bahrain's best interests.

By the way, I didn't read anything about a nuclear attack, but all the minister said was "Asian tsunami"

A gift for Taliban supporters
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Re: Bahraini Labor Minister says 'South Asian Workers bigger threat than Nuclear Atta

What's really pathetic is that you didn't read your own article. I'm all for hating racists, but in this case you're shamefully calling him a racist for no reason.

Here you are slandering a guy for being "racist" without having the slightest clue what he said. Go back and read the article again, look at where he's calling on governments to "protect the rights of foreign workers" and telling employers to stop "abusing employees in slave-like conditions."

You still insist he said "South Asian Workers bigger threat than Nuclear Attack"? Pathetic.

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^^ read the bolded part :hehe: