Many Kuwaitis may well be in debt, but some of that is down to personal choices - large families, expensive cars etc. etc. Am I supposed to feel sympathy that some Kuwaitis spend more than they make if what they make is generally considered a good wage? Most still live a very nice life. As for those Kuwaitis actually in poverty, well, my sympathy goes out to them, but they do have a social safety net that isn’t available to foreign workers, so I would hope their position is a little better. And your comment about making less than Benagali beggars is just ridiculous.

I poorly phrased my point about Arab-Indian work - what I meant was that a lot of the wealth from trade was in the opposite direction in the past - many people had to trade and work out of this region in order to make a living. There wasn’t the disparity of wealth that has become very transparent in the years since the discovery of oil - a disparity that has been underscored by the bringing in of huge numbers of very low paid workers. The wealth from oil has made it too easy for some people to look down on people who are brought over to do more menial work. When the poor treatment becomes institutionalized, then it is a real problem.

This is not an anti-Kuwait rant, so there is no need to get defensive. There’s a great deal wrong in my country, England, and I’m quite willing to accept that, but that doesn’t somehow make the things that are wrong in Kuwait better. If things are wrong, then they are wrong wherever they may be. Kuwait has the money to greatly improve conditions and offer a living wage to the poorer expat workers. What would be so wrong with that?

Dont hate! :)

Btw, this is not America with its American Dream. Oh and get your facts straight, people went to India for trade. My family has been in this business for centuries. We were never “poor” and my uncles never went to India to “work”. Do your research before you make your pompous claims.

and i was bashed why well i dont know either people here dont know about the dirt that lies under the shine of kuwait i have been there myself i have felt their pain that they go throw everyday.plz people stick ur head out of the window and look at these face which expect something of u people .there are people who drive cars worth 1000s but would not give half kd to a poor kid those real bastards i must say.and there are heavenly people who cares about human kind not just themselfs or their familes allah bless them all.

Read here http://www.redpepper.org.uk/Modern-heroes-modern-slaves about the plight of Filipina nurses in the UK.

And there are many more examples and cases to be found like that and worse.

And I’ve seen horrible cheap rentals in Ireland that make those first three photos look like luxury accommodation by comparison.

The issue here is not for the Kuwaiti government to take care of these people living in Jleeb but to crack down on all those who have real estate in those areas who are taking advantage of people.
It’s time to force contracted companies to provide adequate housing and facilities for their employees or else their contracts will not be renewed. It’s time to crack down on those making money off of illegal residencies.

And it is not going to happen soon because too many people are benefiting from the situation as it is.

I guess the world is all about luck and should Sri Lanka have been awash with oil and they were shipping in Kuwaitis to work for KD30 a month in what is little more than human trafficking it all would have been different.

people who live in jaleeb ..What their country gave them? Why they left,, because its poor? so again this is not kuwait problem or responsibility .. complain to god !! or to america or europe they are richer and more powerful, kuwait not responsible for the poor countries in the world although they still send money and help all the countries in the world,you r talking like a gang from kuwait traveled to asia and kidnapped them illegally to work in kuwait!!!
this situation is the same in kuwait in the last 16 years so its enough to give the people there an idea about how it will be in kuwait if they come but no they still believe that kuwait will be the paradise for them!!!!
,the best way to understand is to find the roots the problem and these pictures should be send to the responsible authorities in their country to show them how their people suffering outside maybe they can offer something if they cant help them then kuwait shouldn’t ,and i cant understand the term “poor country”!!! poor should relate to mind so we can say poor minds or brains , we have in the world many countries that r poor in sources but considered as rich countries because of the brains …my humble dreamy solution for these countries is to ask all the people to go back and to sacrifice a generation or two to build the country , learning, educate the people rather than sending them out , and take japan and europe “no oil no gold”as an example after the ww and hiroshima nagasaki bomb they didnt leave to work in kuwait for 30 kd ! what options they had? nothing .but they started from zero or below zero and now they are the leaders because they have rich brain ! what happing for those people in jaleb is waste of time they are in a loop and time is passing and they are losing everything.
in my opinion they should leave better for them trust me nothing better than going back home, this may help jazeeraairways.com/ :)