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Vol 8No 2Summer

Migrancy in the Petrostates

“When I was coming here [Abu Dhabi], I was asked ten types of questions [by Indian emigration officials] and when non-Muslims went through immigration, they&

nbsp; . . .  just stamped [the passports] and let them go. This is the reason that Muslims tend to go abroad. We don’t get opportunity there [in India].”1

“It’s just like when the Europeans transported and sold Africans into slavery in America. What happened to the Africans then, happens to us now. We are transported here, the company sells us, commands us. There is no choice. In Nepal, we changed from a kingdom to a republic. If we could take action, if we could organize a strike, we could change this country.”2

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