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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Didn't you already ask this? Not trying to be snide but wondering what changed?[/quote]
Op here. Nothing has changed. I don’t have money to give them a lump sum of 30-60k in dollars that they need to pay off their back rent from the past year, my little sisters school fees and pack up to leave.

I have been paying them about 1k a month which is about half my paycheck. My two sisters who live with my parents finally are bringing in some income, but again, at entry level salaries, they don’t make that much and both are contributing [b]as much as they can/want to[/b].

Together the three of us seem to just barely cover some of their current rent and food.

Meanwhile my father is deep in depression and is humiliated. He’s been asking the community there for money and no one wants to help. They can’t leave the expensive apartment until the back rent is paid off. Thus they can’t leave the country. [/quote]

Ok, there's no "want to" here.  Tell your sisters they will pay as much as they absolutely can.  They aren't kids anymore and this is what families do in a crisis.

Tell us again why your mom doesn't have a job?[/quote]

My mom has never worked a day in her life and can’t read or write :( she wants to work but no one would hire her. [/quote]

She can clean or watch kids. It's not beneath her. [/quote]

That's not so easy to do as the spouse of a guest worker in the Gulf.  The big problem is their location and the things people can do to guest workers wirh debt over there.  Priority one is getting them back home where things are cheaper, safer, and there's extended family.[/quote]

Sounds like a troll. Mom wants to work, but "no one wants to hire her" and now being the spouse of a guest worker in the Gulf is an issue? Dude, I am Pakistani with relatives in the UAE - if she wants a job she can do something under the table within her community (Bengali/Pakistani/whatever).  She can also provide catering to families within your community from her home - they pick up food from her apt or your sisters help with drop off. [/quote]

It seems like this is about saving face?[/quote]

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