Building a Wider
Horizon With Labour
IT IS a city renowned for glitz, glamour and boasts the world’s tallest building. But there’s an ugly side to Dubai that you won’t read about in its tourist brochures - its army of migrant workers. The workers, who are largely from South East Asia, are paid well below the prices charged in the city’s expensive boutiques and glamorous hotels. The migrant workers are not only at greater risk of exploration, but are often housed in filthy conditions, with little down time. In short they are the hidden slaves of a rich city. According to Human Rights Watch, foreigners make up 88.5 per cent of United Arab Emirates citizens, with low-paid migrant workers being “subjected to abuses that about to forced labour”.
