Cameron Sinclair: The refugees of boom-and-bust

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Translator: Helena Bedalli Reviewer: Dita Bytyci
00:18
A few years ago, my eyes were opened
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Pak vjet me pare, u njoha
00:21
to the dark side of the construction industry.
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me anen e erret te industrise se ndertimit.
00:24
In 2006, young Qatari students
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Ne 2006, studentet e Qatar
00:27
took me to go and see the migrant worker camps.
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me cuan te vizitoj kampin e punetoreve emigrante.
00:29
And since then I've followed the unfolding issue of worker rights.
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Qe atehere kam ndjekur ceshtjen emergjente te te drejtave te punetoreve.
00:34
In the last six months, more than 300 skyscrapers
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Ne 6 muajt e fundit, me se 300 shumekatesh ne ndertim
00:36
in the UAE have been put on hold or canceled.
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ne Emiratet e Bashkuara Arabe, jane pezulluar ose anulluar.
00:39
Behind the headlines that lay behind these buildings
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Mbas titujve te publikimeve qe flasin per keto ndertime
00:42
is the fate of the often-indentured construction worker.
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eshte fati i punetoreve te ndertimit, shpesh te kontraktuar.
00:46
1.1 million of them.
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1.1 milion nga ata.
00:48
Mainly Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan
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Shumica nga India. Pakistani, Sri Lanka
00:51
and Nepalese, these laborers risk everything
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dhe Nepali, keta punetore rrezikojne cdo gje
00:53
to make money for their families back home.
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per te fituar para per familjet ne vendin e tyre.
00:56
They pay a middle-man thousands of dollars to be there.
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Ata i paguajne nje ndermjetesi mijera dollare qe te vijne aty.
00:58
And when they arrive, they find themselves in labor camps with no water,
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Dhe, kur arrijne, e gjejne veten ne kampe pune pa uje,
01:02
no air conditioning, and their passports taken away.
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pa ajer te kondicionuar dhe i konfiskohen pashaportat.
01:06
While it's easy to point the finger at local officials and higher authorities,
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Ndersa eshte e lehte ta vesh shenjestren tek zyrtaret lokale dhe autoritetet e larte,
01:10
99 percent of these people are hired by the private sector,
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99 perqind e tyre jane punesuar nga sektori privat.
01:14
and so therefore we're equally, if not more, accountable.
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dhe prandaj, ne jemi pergjegjes barazisht ne mos me teper.
01:17
Groups like Buildsafe UAE have emerged,
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Grupet si Buildsafe UAE jane shfaqur,
01:20
but the numbers are simply overwhelming.
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por shifrat jane shume te larta.
01:22
In August 2008,
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Ne gusht 2008,
01:24
UAE public officials noted
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zyrtaret e EBA publikuan
01:26
that 40 percent of the country's 1,098 labor camps
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se 40 perqind e 1098 kampeve te punes ne te gjithe vendin,
01:30
had violated minimum health and fire safety regulations.
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kishte shkelur rregullat minimale te shendetit dhe sigurise se zjarrit.
01:33
And last summer, more than 10,000 workers
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Veren e kaluar, me se 10 000 punetore
01:36
protested for the non-payment of wages,
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protestuan kunder rrogave te papaguara,
01:39
for the poor quality of food, and inadequate housing.
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ushqimit te keq dhe strehimit te papershtatshem.
01:42
And then the financial collapse happened.
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Pastaj, ndodhi kriza financiare.
01:45
When the contractors have gone bust,
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Kur sipermarresit kane falimentuar,
01:47
as they've been overleveraged like everyone else,
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te mbytur ne borxhe si gjithe te tjeret,
01:49
the difference is everything goes missing,
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dallimi eshte se gjithshka ka humbur,
01:52
documentation, passports,
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dokumentat, pasaportat,
01:54
and tickets home for these workers.
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dhe biletat e kthimit per keta punetore.
01:56
Currently, right now, thousands of workers are abandoned.
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Tani, tamam ne kete moment, mijera punetore jane abandonuar.
02:00
There is no way back home.
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Nuk mund te kthehen ne shtepi.
02:02
And there is no way, and no proof of arrival.
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S'ka menyre qe te kthehen dhe s'ka prove te mberritjes.
02:05
These are the boom-and-bust refugees.
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Keta jane refugjatet e bumit dhe deshtimit.
02:08
The question is, as a building professional,
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Pyetja eshte, si profesionist ndertimi,
02:11
as an architect, an engineer, as a developer,
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si arkitekt, si inxhinier, si zhvillues,
02:13
if you know this is going on,
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nese je ne dijeni qe ndodh,
02:15
as we go to the sights every single week,
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sic shkojme ne kantjer cdo jave,
02:18
are you complacent or complicit
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a je pjesemarres
02:20
in the human rights violations?
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ne shkeljen e te drejtave te njeriut?
02:22
So let's forget your environmental footprint.
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Le te harrojme pricipet ambientaliste.
02:25
Let's think about your ethical footprint.
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Le te mendojme per principet etike.
02:27
What good is it
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C'te mire kemi
02:30
to build a zero-carbon, energy efficient complex,
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te ndertojme nje kompleks ekonomik ne energji dhe impakt zero,
02:33
when the labor producing this architectural gem
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nese puna qe prodhon kete perle arkitekturale
02:36
is unethical at best?
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eshte joetike ne rastin me te mire?
02:39
Now, recently I've been told I've been taking the high road.
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Kohet e fundit me kane thene qe i kam hyre nje rruge te veshtire.
02:41
But, quite frankly, on this issue,
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Por, sinqerisht, ne kete ceshtje,
02:43
there is no other road.
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nuk ka rruge tjeter.
02:45
So let's not forget who is really paying the price of this financial collapse.
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Te mos harrojme kush po paguan vertet cmimin e krizes ekonomike.
02:49
And that as we worry about our next job in the office,
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Dhe ndersa shqetesohemi per punen tjeter ne zyre,
02:52
the next design that we can get, to keep our workers.
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projektin tjeter qe do sigurojme qe te mbajme punetoret tone.
02:56
Let's not forget these men, who are truly dying to work.
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Te mos harrojme keta njerez, qe vertet po vdesin per te punuar.
02:59
Thank you.
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Falemnderit.
03:01
(Applause)
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(Duartrokitje)
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