Abdulla Methker Bin Shabaan Al Hajri

Lecturer at Qatar University in Criminology and Sociology

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Debt, employer control and temporary visa rules can leave migrant workers trapped.

DOHA, QATAR - OCTOBER 24: A foreign worker helps guide a concrete funnel hoisted by a crane at a construction site among new highrise office buildings and hotels under construction in the new City Center and West Bay district on October 24, 2010 in Doha, Qatar. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently reiterated its projection for the Qatari economy with predictions of double digit growth for 2010 and 2011. Though natural gas and petroleum production are still the biggest two single sources of income, the non-energy sector overtook oil and gas in Qatari GDP for 2009. Qatar is heavily dependant on foreign labour from countries such as India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, the Phillipines and other Arab countries. Foreigners make up approximately two thirds of the Qatari population. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

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