heaven or hell

BEFORE we, immigrant workers, go to other countries, most of us would have been imagine a better and prosperous life. Nobody will go oversea if there is no benefit for them. Despite they can guess possible risk in fulfilling their dream, they brave themselves to dare it. Difficult to find a suitable job would be another factor to choose this job. In fact, we cannot imagine oversea job opportunities without money. There would be very less people who go oversea for education. Mostly are going abroad for working and saving money. I have been working in oversea for almost five years now and I learnt a lot from my own experience and words of other mouths. I value it as my life lesson and gauge it worthy to share with friends whenever I have a chance to do so.

Being my self immigrant worker, we thought that our life would be almost completed unless it is perfect after we are working in foreign countries. In the real world, it's easier said than done. There are so many barriers to overcome so that we can gain what we imagine. We have to take risk from the preparation stage to return home finally. You all know that it is not easy task to get a passport and we have to deal with agent for that unless we are not friendly with the processing. Then we have to find a proper job through agent and of course we need to pay deposit for that. And we might need worry for a value return of our money. After that we have make sure our medical condition is fit enough to work in other countries. Getting agent fees for that is also not an easy for a normal family person. Most of people who go out for working need to borrow money from a money lender and think of hefty interest rate makes them additional burden on their shoulders. Anyway people go oversea for a good attitude of supporting their own family and relatives all the best of their afford regardless of any kind of risk ahead.

After getting alien country, is it good enough as we expected before we go there? I dare to say only very few people would encounter the job they had been imagined. Mostly goes dirty, dangerous and much-physical needed jobs with unlimited working hours. They still find it happy by the time they see dollar wages at the end of month. How about workers who don't get their wages in time and being cut for unfair reasons? It's so pain and there is no solution to them except converting illegal workers by running away from their employer. Being illegal workers, life will never be peaceful and they are needed to be alert 24 hours a day. Some illegal workers sleep without taking off their shoes because they can run anytime when the police chase. Most of the police raid happened in the middle of the night and they have to make sure to know information as early as possible.

But they don't want to go back home and they try to survive in this unpleasant world. They know they can't afford to go back as they are only bread maker in their home. Some illegal workers won't let their family members know that they are working as illegal workers because they don't want their relatives feel worry for them. Actually they are hero of the family and shouldering their family burdens. Once the time come to go back, they'ld have to solve out a big problem to enter mother land. They can't afford to pay income tax for the period of their working as they earned very little and just enough to support their family only.

Being illegal workers, sometime they are bullied by their employers. When they have to get much money from their bosses, their boss will inform police and ask police to arrest them for illegal working. What their boss need to do is pay small amount of money to police for that kind of action. What a cruel action is it? But it is really happening in migrant worker's world. They have no place to go and ask for. They have no law to get a justice. They have no right to get a basis things. Finally they have nothing in pocket and struggle to survive at the strange places. Usually they'll get some helps from their friends/ relatives/ fellow citizens. But it can't be expected for long term, and they need to rush in finding a new job within a short period. By this way migrant workers life cycle is happening repeatedly. I don't think this kind of scenario will stop as long as their home land cannot create enough jobs for its people. Before that what we can do is only praying hard for a justice among human beings.