The Hidden Slaves of Dubai

Описание: Dubai may be a beacon of prosperity in the middle east, but it is built on a dark underbelly. The dark side of Dubai is hidden from Westerners and tourists, but the UAE is a place where forced servitude as bad as slavery has grown to epidemic proportions.

Migrant workers outnumber the local Emarati population. Especially Indian and Pakistani workers who are promised work for good wages abroad. But when they arrive they have their passports taken from them and are forced to work 12 hours a day 7 days a week for incredibly low wages. There is no way home for these stranded workers and many of them turn to suicide. Despite the local government claiming only 1 or 2 workers committed suicide a week the Indian consulate reported 3 daily suicides by Indian nationals every day in 2005 alone.

But the Emarati aren't too concerned about the conditions these workers live under. Foreign workers keep the country rich and goods cheap. Most Emarati have Nannies, maids and drivers along with a $60,000 USD average salary and state funded accomodation, education to PhD level, and healthcare - with a low cost of living.


Sources
20% Emirati
https://web.archive.org/web/201703211...

Exit Visas etc
https://www.theguardian.com/global-de...

Workers camps
https://www.theguardian.com/global-de...

Suicide
https://www.migrant-rights.org/statis...

Worker conditions
https://www.theguardian.com/global-de...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentis...
https://www.theguardian.com/global-de...

Workers conditions and unreported deaths
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/...

Salaries - most reliable figure
https://www.averagesalarysurvey.com/u...