Abuses on U.S. bases in Persian Gulf ensnare legions of migrant workers
An office at the US Army's Camp Arifjan in Kuwait, where foreign employees working for defense contractors say they were trapped in their jobs by abusive employment practices. Credit: US Army
By Katie McQue. Published in The Washington Post and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). Defense contractors hire thousands of foreigners. Many are trapped by employment practices banned by the U.S. government.