HRW has warned Gulf workers as a temperature at risk

Human Rights Watch On Sunday said that migrant workers In bay Was at risk from Excessive heatThe countries urged the countries to expand security for the laborers who came in contact with rising temperatures.The United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait, where migrants represent a large part of the workforce, lies in one of the hottest areas of the planet, where the summer temperature often moves towards 50 ° C (122 ° F).“Every summer shows that climate crisis turns on occupational Health and Safety Michael Page, director of HRW Deputy Middle East, said the devastation for millions of migrant workers is dangerously exposed to excessive heat.He said, “Because the Gulf states are pulling their feet on evidence-based labor safety, migrants are unnecessarily dying, experiencing kidney failure, and suffering from other chronic diseases,” he said.Rich Gulf State, especially in construction, trusts millions of migrant workers, most of whom are from India and Pakistan.Last month, the UAE violated its May temperature records for the second day in one line, killing 51.6 ° C.To protect the workers, the states ban working under direct sunlight and in open air areas, which as part of a prolonged “midday break” policy in a long -term summer hours from mid -June to mid -September.But unsafe for climate change, especially with the Gulf, HRW stated that “this extreme summer situation is now more frequent and earlier, in May, before the afternoon breaks before it became effective.An electrician in Kuwait by the New York -based Rights Group said that he would feel “dizziness, vomiting, headache and blurred vision several times,” working during the summer months and “many people fall down due to heat”.HRW urged officials and businesses to move away from the “calendar-based midday ban”, for risk-based measures to reduce business heat stress.Scientists have shown that recurring heatwaves are a clear marker of global warming and these heatwaves are ready to become more frequent, long and more intense.The number of very hot days globally in the last three decades has almost doubled.According to a 2024 report by the International Labor Organization, an agency of the United Nations, external workers in Arab states face the most risk for heat stress in the world, with 83.6 percent of the job risk of extreme heat on the job.