Cameron Sinclair: The refugees of boom-and-bust

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ูŠุฑุฌู‰ ุงู„ู†ู‚ุฑ ู†ู‚ุฑู‹ุง ู…ุฒุฏูˆุฌู‹ุง ููˆู‚ ุงู„ุชุฑุฌู…ุฉ ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌู„ูŠุฒูŠุฉ ุฃุฏู†ุงู‡ ู„ุชุดุบูŠู„ ุงู„ููŠุฏูŠูˆ.

ุงู„ู…ุชุฑุฌู…: Anwar Dafa-Alla ุงู„ู…ุฏู‚ู‘ู‚: ADEL IBRAHIM
00:18
A few years ago, my eyes were opened
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ู‚ุจู„ ุนุฏุฉ ุณู†ูˆุงุช ู…ุถุช ููุชุญุช ุนูŠู†ุงูŠ
00:21
to the dark side of the construction industry.
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ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุฌุงู†ุจ ุงู„ู…ุธู„ู… ููŠ ุตู†ุงุนุฉ ุงู„ุจู†ุงุก.
00:24
In 2006, young Qatari students
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ุนุงู… 2006ุŒ ุทุงู„ุจ ู‚ุทุฑูŠ ุดุงุจ
00:27
took me to go and see the migrant worker camps.
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ุตุญุจู†ูŠ ู„ู„ุฐู‡ุงุจ ู…ุนู‡ ู„ู…ุฎูŠู…ุงุช ุงู„ุนูู…ู‘ุงู„ ุงู„ู…ู‡ุงุฌุฑูŠู†.
00:29
And since then I've followed the unfolding issue of worker rights.
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ูˆู…ู†ุฐ ุฐู„ูƒ ุงู„ุญูŠู† ุชุงุจุนุช ุงู„ู‚ุถูŠุฉ ุงู„ู…ุทูˆูŠุฉ ู„ุญู‚ูˆู‚ ุงู„ุนูู…ู‘ุงู„.
00:34
In the last six months, more than 300 skyscrapers
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ูˆููŠ ุงู„ุณุช ุฃุดู‡ุฑ ุงู„ู…ุงุถูŠุฉุŒ ุฃูƒุซุฑ ู…ู† 300 ู†ุงุทุญุฉ ุณุญุงุจ
00:36
in the UAE have been put on hold or canceled.
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ููŠ ุงู„ุฅู…ุงุฑุงุช ุงู„ุนุฑุจูŠุฉ ุงู„ู…ุชุญุฏุฉ ุชู… ุชุฃุฌูŠู„ู‡ุง ุฃูˆ ุฅู„ุบุงุคู‡ุง.
00:39
Behind the headlines that lay behind these buildings
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ูˆุฑุงุก ุงู„ุนู†ุงูˆูŠู† ุงู„ุฑุฆูŠุณูŠุฉ ุงู„ุชูŠ ุชูƒู…ู† ูˆุฑุงุก ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ู…ุจุงู†
00:42
is the fate of the often-indentured construction worker.
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ูŠู‚ุจุน ู…ุตูŠุฑ ุนูู…ู‘ุงู„ ุงู„ุจู†ุงุก ุจุงู„ุณุฎุฑุฉ.
00:46
1.1 million of them.
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1.1 ู…ู„ูŠูˆู† ู…ู†ู‡ู….
00:48
Mainly Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan
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ู…ุนุธู…ู‡ู… ู‡ู†ูˆุฏุŒ ุจุงูƒุณุชุงู†ูŠูŠู†ุŒ ุณูŠุฑู„ุงู†ูƒูŠูŠู†ุŒ
00:51
and Nepalese, these laborers risk everything
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ู†ูŠุจุงู„ูŠูŠู†ุŒ ู‡ุคู„ุงุก ุงู„ุนูู…ู‘ุงู„ ูŠุฌุงุฒููˆู† ุจูƒู„ ุดุฆ
00:53
to make money for their families back home.
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ู…ู† ุฃุฌู„ ุชูˆููŠุฑ ุงู„ู…ุงู„ ู„ุฃุณุฑู‡ู… ููŠ ุฃูˆุทุงู†ู‡ู….
00:56
They pay a middle-man thousands of dollars to be there.
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ุฃู†ู‡ู… ูŠุฏูุนูˆู† ู„ู„ูˆุณูŠุท ุขู„ุงู„ุงู ุงู„ุฏูˆู„ุงุฑุงุช ู„ูŠูƒูˆู†ูˆุง ู‡ู†ุงูƒ.
00:58
And when they arrive, they find themselves in labor camps with no water,
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ูˆุนู†ุฏู…ุง ูŠุตู„ูˆู†ุŒ ูŠุฌุฏูˆู† ุฃู†ูุณู‡ู… ููŠ ู…ุฎูŠู…ุงุช ุงู„ุนูู…ู‘ุงู„ ุจุฏูˆู† ู…ุงุกุŒ
01:02
no air conditioning, and their passports taken away.
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ุจุฏูˆู† ุชูƒูŠูŠูุŒ ูˆูŠุชู… ุฃุฎุฐ ุฌูˆุงุฒุงุช ุณูุฑู‡ู….
01:06
While it's easy to point the finger at local officials and higher authorities,
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ูˆุจูŠู†ู…ุง ู…ู† ุงู„ุณู‡ู„ ุชูˆุฌูŠู‡ ุฃุตุงุจุน ุงู„ุฅุชู‡ุงู… ู„ู„ู…ุณุฆูˆู„ูŠู† ุงู„ู…ุญู„ูŠูŠู† ูˆุงู„ุณู„ุทุงุช ุงู„ุนู„ูŠุงุŒ
01:10
99 percent of these people are hired by the private sector,
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99 ููŠ ุงู„ู…ุงุฆุฉ ู…ู† ุฃุคู„ุฆูƒ ุงู„ู†ุงุณ ูŠุชู… ุชูˆุธูŠูู‡ู… ู…ู† ู‚ุจู„ ุงู„ู‚ุทุงุน ุงู„ุฎุงุต.
01:14
and so therefore we're equally, if not more, accountable.
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ูˆู„ุฐุง ูู†ุญู† ู†ุดุนุฑ ุจู†ูุณ ุงู„ู‚ุฏุฑุŒ ุฅู† ู„ู… ูŠูƒู† ุฃูƒุซุฑุŒ ุจุงู„ุฎุถูˆุน ู„ู„ู…ุณุงุกู„ุฉ.
01:17
Groups like Buildsafe UAE have emerged,
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ู…ุฌู…ูˆุนุงุช ู…ุซู„ Buildsafe UAE ุจุฏุฃุช ููŠ ุงู„ุธู‡ูˆุฑ.
01:20
but the numbers are simply overwhelming.
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ู„ูƒู† ุจุจุณุงุทุฉ ุงู„ุฃุนุฏุงุฏ ู…ุฐู‡ู„ุฉ.
01:22
In August 2008,
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ููŠ ุฃุบุณุทุณ 2008ุŒ
01:24
UAE public officials noted
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ู„ุงุญุธ ู…ุณุฆูˆู„ูˆู† ุฅู…ุงุฑุชูŠูˆู†
01:26
that 40 percent of the country's 1,098 labor camps
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ุฃู† 40 ููŠ ุงู„ู…ุงุฆุฉ ู…ู† ู…ุฎูŠู…ุงุช ุงู„ุนูู…ู‘ุงู„ ุงู„ 1098 ููŠ ุงู„ุจู„ุงุฏ
01:30
had violated minimum health and fire safety regulations.
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ุฃู†ุชู‡ูƒุช ุงู„ุญุฏ ุงู„ุฃุฏู†ู‰ ู„ู‚ูˆุงู†ูŠู† ุงู„ุตุญุฉ ูˆุงู„ุณู„ุงู…ุฉ ู…ู† ุงู„ุญุฑุงุฆู‚.
01:33
And last summer, more than 10,000 workers
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ูˆููŠ ุงู„ุตูŠู ุงู„ู…ุงุถูŠุŒ ุฃูƒุซุฑ ู…ู† 10 ุขู„ุงู„ุงู ุนุงู…ู„
01:36
protested for the non-payment of wages,
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ุฃุญุชุฌูˆุง ุนู„ู‰ ุนุฏู… ุฏูุน ุฃุฌูˆุฑู‡ู…ุŒ
01:39
for the poor quality of food, and inadequate housing.
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ู„ุณูˆุก ู†ูˆุนูŠุฉ ุงู„ุบุฐุงุก ุŒ ูˆุงู„ุณูƒู† ุบูŠุฑ ุงู„ู…ู„ุงุฆู….
01:42
And then the financial collapse happened.
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ูˆุจุนุฏ ุฐู„ูƒ ุญุฏุซ ุงู„ุฅู†ู‡ูŠุงุฑ ุงู„ู…ุงู„ูŠ.
01:45
When the contractors have gone bust,
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ูˆุนู†ุฏู…ุง ุฃูู„ุณ ุงู„ู…ู‚ุงูˆู„ูˆู†ุŒ
01:47
as they've been overleveraged like everyone else,
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ู„ุฃู†ู‡ู… ุฅุณุชุฏุงู†ูˆุง ุฃูƒุซุฑ ู…ุซู„ู…ุง ูุนู„ ุฃูŠ ุดุฎุต ุขุฎุฑุŒ
01:49
the difference is everything goes missing,
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ุงู„ูุฑู‚ ู‡ูˆ ุฃู† ูƒู„ ุดุฆ ูŠุถูŠุน ุณุฏู‰ุŒ
01:52
documentation, passports,
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ุงู„ูˆุซุงุฆู‚ุŒ ุฌูˆุงุฒุงุช ุงู„ุณูุฑุŒ
01:54
and tickets home for these workers.
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ูˆุชุฐุงูƒุฑ ุงู„ุฑุฌูˆุน ุฅู„ู‰ ุงู„ูˆุทู† ู„ู‡ุคู„ุงุก ุงู„ุนูู…ู‘ุงู„.
01:56
Currently, right now, thousands of workers are abandoned.
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ุญุงู„ูŠุงู‹ุŒ ุงู„ุขู†ุŒ ุขู„ุงู„ุงู ู…ู† ุงู„ุนู…ุงู„ ูŠุชู… ุงู„ุชุฎู„ูŠ ุนู†ู‡ู….
02:00
There is no way back home.
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ู„ุง ุทุฑูŠู‚ ู„ู„ุนูˆุฏุฉ ุฅู„ู‰ ุงู„ูˆุทู†.
02:02
And there is no way, and no proof of arrival.
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ูˆู„ูŠุณ ู‡ู†ุงูƒ ุทุฑูŠู‚ุŒ ูˆู„ุง ุฅุซุจุงุช ู„ู„ูˆุตูˆู„.
02:05
These are the boom-and-bust refugees.
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ู‡ุคู„ุงุก ู‡ู… ู„ุงุฌุฆูˆู† ู„ู„ุฅุฒุฏู‡ุงุฑ ูˆุงู„ุฅูู„ุงุณ.
02:08
The question is, as a building professional,
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ุงู„ุณุคุงู„ ู‡ูˆุŒ ูƒู…ุญุชุฑููŠ ุจู†ุงุกุŒ
02:11
as an architect, an engineer, as a developer,
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ูƒู…ุนู…ุงุฑูŠูŠู†ุŒ ูƒู…ู‡ู†ุฏุณูŠู†ุŒ ูƒู…ุทูˆุฑูŠู†ุŒ
02:13
if you know this is going on,
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ุฅุฐุง ูƒู†ุช ุชุนู„ู… ุฃู† ู‡ุฐุง ูŠุญุฏุซุŒ
02:15
as we go to the sights every single week,
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ุญูŠุซ ุฃู†ู†ุง ู†ุฐู‡ุจ ุงู„ู‰ ุงู„ู…ูˆุงู‚ุน ุฃุณุจูˆุนูŠุงู‹ุŒ
02:18
are you complacent or complicit
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ู‡ู„ ู†ุญู† ุฑุงุถูŠู† ุฃูˆ ู…ุชูˆุงุทุฆูŠู†
02:20
in the human rights violations?
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ู…ุน ุฅู†ุชู‡ุงูƒุงุช ุญู‚ูˆู‚ ุงู„ุฅู†ุณุงู†ุŸ
02:22
So let's forget your environmental footprint.
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ุฅุฐุงู‹ ู„ู†ู†ุณู‰ ุชุฃุซูŠุฑูƒ ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุจูŠุฆุฉ.
02:25
Let's think about your ethical footprint.
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ู„ู†ููƒุฑ ููŠ ุชุฃุซูŠุฑูƒ ุงู„ุฃุฎู„ุงู‚ูŠ.
02:27
What good is it
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ู…ุง ู‡ูˆ ุงู„ุดุฆ ุงู„ุฌูŠุฏ
02:30
to build a zero-carbon, energy efficient complex,
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ููŠ ุจู†ุงุก ุจุฏูˆู† ูƒุฑุจูˆู†ุŒ ู…ุฌู…ุน ูƒูุค ููŠ ุฅุณุชุฎุฏุงู… ุงู„ุทุงู‚ุฉุŒ
02:33
when the labor producing this architectural gem
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ุนู†ุฏู…ุง ูŠูƒูˆู† ุงู„ุนูู…ู‘ุงู„ ุงู„ุฐูŠู† ูŠู†ุชุฌูˆู† ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุชุญูุฉ ุงู„ู…ุนู…ุงุฑูŠุฉ
02:36
is unethical at best?
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ุบูŠุฑ ุฃุฎู„ุงู‚ูŠ ููŠ ุฃุญุณู† ุงู„ุฃุญูˆุงู„ุŸ
02:39
Now, recently I've been told I've been taking the high road.
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ุงู„ุขู†ุŒ ู…ุคุฎุฑุงู‹ ู‚ูŠู„ ู„ูŠ ุฃู†ู†ูŠ ุฃุชุฎุฐุช ุงู„ุทุฑูŠู‚ ุงู„ุนุงู„ูŠ.
02:41
But, quite frankly, on this issue,
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ู„ูƒู†ุŒ ุจูƒู„ ุตุฑุงุญุฉุŒ ููŠ ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ู‚ุถูŠุฉุŒ
02:43
there is no other road.
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ู„ูŠุณ ู‡ู†ุงูƒ ุทุฑูŠู‚ ุขุฎุฑ.
02:45
So let's not forget who is really paying the price of this financial collapse.
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ู„ุฐุง ูŠู†ุจุบูŠ ุนู„ูŠู†ุง ุนุฏู… ู†ุณูŠุงู† ู…ู† ูŠุฏูุน ุญู‚ุงู‹ ุซู…ู† ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ุฅู†ู‡ูŠุงุฑ ุงู„ู…ุงู„ูŠ.
02:49
And that as we worry about our next job in the office,
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ูˆูƒู…ุง ุฃู† ุนู„ูŠู†ุง ุฃู† ู†ู‚ู„ู‚ ุจุดุฃู† ู…ู‡ู…ุชู†ุง ุงู„ู…ู‚ุจู„ุฉ ููŠ ุงู„ู…ูƒุชุจ ุŒ
02:52
the next design that we can get, to keep our workers.
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ุงู„ุชุตู…ูŠู… ุงู„ู‚ุงุฏู… ุงู„ุฐูŠ ุณู†ุญุตู„ ุนู„ูŠู‡ุŒ ู„ู„ุญูุงุธ ุนู„ู‰ ุนู…ุงู„ู†ุง.
02:56
Let's not forget these men, who are truly dying to work.
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ุฏุนูˆู†ุง ู„ุง ู†ู†ุณู‰ ู‡ุคู„ุงุก ุงู„ุฑุฌุงู„ ุŒ ุงู„ุฐูŠู† ู‡ู… ุญู‚ุง ูŠู…ูˆุชูˆู† ู…ู† ุฃุฌู„ ุงู„ุนู…ู„.
02:59
Thank you.
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ุดูƒุฑุง ู„ูƒู…
03:01
(Applause)
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(ุชุตููŠู‚)
ุญูˆู„ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ู…ูˆู‚ุน

ุณูŠู‚ุฏู… ู„ูƒ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ู…ูˆู‚ุน ู…ู‚ุงุทุน ููŠุฏูŠูˆ YouTube ุงู„ู…ููŠุฏุฉ ู„ุชุนู„ู… ุงู„ู„ุบุฉ ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌู„ูŠุฒูŠุฉ. ุณุชุฑู‰ ุฏุฑูˆุณ ุงู„ู„ุบุฉ ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌู„ูŠุฒูŠุฉ ุงู„ุชูŠ ูŠุชู… ุชุฏุฑูŠุณู‡ุง ู…ู† ู‚ุจู„ ู…ุฏุฑุณูŠู† ู…ู† ุงู„ุฏุฑุฌุฉ ุงู„ุฃูˆู„ู‰ ู…ู† ุฌู…ูŠุน ุฃู†ุญุงุก ุงู„ุนุงู„ู…. ุงู†ู‚ุฑ ู†ู‚ุฑู‹ุง ู…ุฒุฏูˆุฌู‹ุง ููˆู‚ ุงู„ุชุฑุฌู…ุฉ ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌู„ูŠุฒูŠุฉ ุงู„ู…ุนุฑูˆุถุฉ ุนู„ู‰ ูƒู„ ุตูุญุฉ ููŠุฏูŠูˆ ู„ุชุดุบูŠู„ ุงู„ููŠุฏูŠูˆ ู…ู† ู‡ู†ุงูƒ. ูŠุชู… ุชู…ุฑูŠุฑ ุงู„ุชุฑุฌู…ุงุช ุจุงู„ุชุฒุงู…ู† ู…ุน ุชุดุบูŠู„ ุงู„ููŠุฏูŠูˆ. ุฅุฐุง ูƒุงู† ู„ุฏูŠูƒ ุฃูŠ ุชุนู„ูŠู‚ุงุช ุฃูˆ ุทู„ุจุงุช ุŒ ูŠุฑุฌู‰ ุงู„ุงุชุตุงู„ ุจู†ุง ุจุงุณุชุฎุฏุงู… ู†ู…ูˆุฐุฌ ุงู„ุงุชุตุงู„ ู‡ุฐุง.

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