QATARSUCKS and the world knows it!

Hundreds of Burmese laborers are being sent under contract to the Gulf state of Qatar, lured by foreign currency earnings and promises of decent jobs, living conditions, and health care. But when they arrive, the reality is woefully different, Burmese migrant workers have said.

“The agents in Burma manipulate and cheat us,” general worker Ko Aung told RFA’s Burmese service. “All they do is squeeze from us as much as they can and then put us on the plane to Qatar. The rest is not their concern.”