Political parties are funded by public money and therefore they have a responsibility to educate and explain their policies in public forums on how to deal with these problems.
Hilmy has gutted out his feelings in his blog, on where our country is heading and where our country should be heading.
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The Maldivian economy, is heavily dependent on an expatriate workforce derived from neighboring countries. In recent years we have witnessed growing number of events that could be highlighting, among other things, the state of mental wellbeing of this group of people responsible for the sustained economic growth of this country.
Social problems, criminal offenses and increasing number of expatriate workers living in the country as illegal immigrants have been on the rise with little or no measures put in place to study the worrying trend or alleviate the problems.
Especially vulnerable are those members of the expatriate workforce who are in the construction industry. Their poor living conditions and often humiliating treatment meted out by their employers have led to a growing number of them manifesting varying degrees of mental ill-health. Murders, suicides, sexual assaults, physical assault and other grave manifestations of such social illnesses have been on the rise within the group.
It is time for all involved with the employments and welfare of this segment of the workforce to undertake tasks to improve their living conditions, treatment at the hands of their employers, prevent conflicts amongst themselves and prevent antisocial and criminal behavior from being manifested.
We are very concerned for their welfare.