09-08-2016, 06:27 PM
The whole article, until you get to the very end, smacks of paternalism. "Oh these poor poor dears, they aren't being paid enough and are forced to be away from home..." Don't these people make the same choices we all do? Work or starve - take your most attractive working opportunity that you have the skills for. At the end of the article they finally admit that many re-up at the end of their contracts and are getting paid, and supporting their families at a far higher level than any alternate opportunity available to them in their home community. And like the rest of the world, some people decide they're unhappy with the deal they made after they signed on, and figure their bad choice was someone else's fault...