FairSquare report claims migrant workers injured in Saudi Arabia received no compensation, including one who says his legs were crushed
Lying in a hospital bed in Saudi Arabia, his legs encased in plaster casts, Shrawan Shah Rauniyar clung to the hope that at least he would be fairly compensated. After all, when his legs were crushed under a giant metal beam that fell off a forklift, he was working on a project belonging to one of the most profitable companies in the world: Saudi Aramco.
Rauniyar, a migrant worker from Nepal, was not employed directly by the state-owned energy company, but like tens of thousands of other migrant workers in the Gulf kingdom, he worked for a small labour supply company, which sent him to work on a project managed by the Italian firm Saipem, which in turn was contracted to Aramco.
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FairSquare report claims migrant workers injured in Saudi Arabia received no compensation, including one who says his legs were crushedLying in a hospital bed in Saudi Arabia, his legs encased in plaster casts, Shrawa...
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