Iraq a trap for foreign workers

Denis Skopiuk, a 29-year-old worker from Ukraine, said goodbye to his young daughter, Emilia, and traveled to Baghdad for the promise of earning $2,500 per month building villas that would house heads of state attending the Arab League Summit. Like thousands of foreign workers, Skopiuk found Iraq’s huge demand for skilled labor too lucrative to pass up.Several months later, however, in the midst of the Iraqi summer heat, Skopiuk and dozens of colleagues are stuck — without exit visas, t...