Illegal Indians build new US embassy in Iraq

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Source: AKI

HYDERABAD, India - More than 100 illegal Indian migrant workers are constructing the biggest and most expensive US embassy in the world in strife-torn Baghdad.

The US plans to open its "Vatican-sized" diplomatic enclave in Baghdad by September this year, and workers from the central Indian province of Andhra Pradesh are now racing against time to meet the deadline.

The embassy will cover 42 hectares on the banks of the Tigris River. Workers from Philippines and Bangladesh are also involved in the embassy's construction.

A total of 40,000 workers from several districts - Karimnagar, Nizamabad and Adilabad - are employed by American and Iraqi forces in Iraq, it is estimated.

The majority of them are illegal migrants who entered Iraq through other Gulf countries without proper visas. They are mainly engaged on work in military bunkers, supplying food to soldiers and other menial jobs.

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