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Work in Gulf means short-term gains, transient lifestyle

Tax-free incomes offered to migrant workers who play a decisive role in developing Gulf economies are regarded as compensation for no formal route to citizenship or social security.

Sebastian Castelier
Sebastian Castelier
May 25, 2021
Nepalese migrant workers queue to receive official documents in order to leave Nepal from the Labor Department in Kathmandu on January 27, 2014. Nearly 200 Nepali migrant workers died in Qatar in 2013, figures that highlight the grim plight of laborers in the Gulf nation.
Nepalese migrant workers queue to receive official documents in order to leave Nepal from the Labor Department in Kathmandu on January 27, 2014. Nearly 200 Nepali migrant workers died in Qatar in 2013, figures that highlight the grim plight of laborers in the Gulf nation. — PRAKASH MATHEMA/AFP via Getty Images

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