11-27-2013, 02:22 PM
Thanks for all the links and articles guys, I've just managed to get through them and must say it didn't just open my eyes but left me rather speechless that this stuff goes on (I'm not naive in believing people aren't being persecuted, just not to this level). I sympathise with the player and genuinely hope he gets home, but I must say the story about the working conditions for immigrants left me rather upset.
Dress it up as they might as a business agreement, this is slavery in every sense. No freedom, no rights, not even the basic needs to survive. I would be lying if I didn't say it also left a bigger impression on me knowing these are people mostly from South Asia, being of South Asian origin myself, but any form of slavery is just horrid.
Do people know of groups to campaign against all this? I mean specifically against the World Cup, but also general groups would be of interest, as reading up a little about this, obviously this isn't just related to football. This is clearly a complex issue, but as it stands the situation these people face is just disgusting.
It doesn't surprise me that people (i.e. FIFA) will turn a blind eye to this, but it always surprises me people can consciously do what they do knowing how this will affect so many lives poorly.
Dress it up as they might as a business agreement, this is slavery in every sense. No freedom, no rights, not even the basic needs to survive. I would be lying if I didn't say it also left a bigger impression on me knowing these are people mostly from South Asia, being of South Asian origin myself, but any form of slavery is just horrid.
Do people know of groups to campaign against all this? I mean specifically against the World Cup, but also general groups would be of interest, as reading up a little about this, obviously this isn't just related to football. This is clearly a complex issue, but as it stands the situation these people face is just disgusting.
It doesn't surprise me that people (i.e. FIFA) will turn a blind eye to this, but it always surprises me people can consciously do what they do knowing how this will affect so many lives poorly.