thegreatdivide wrote on Apr 15
th, 2024 at 3:47pm:
Note: Israel and the UAE have roughly the same population and gdp per capita, yet the culture-based gap - indicating discrimination - exists in Israel.
In 2019, the UAE had the second-largest international migrant stock in the world at 87.9% with 8.6 million migrants (out of a total population of 9.8 million).[2] Non-citizen, migrant workers, account for 90% of its workforce.
Migrants, mostly of South Asian origin, constitute the majority of the UAE’s workforce[29] and have reportedly been subject to a range of human rights abuses. Workers have sometimes arrived in debt to recruitment agents from home countries and upon arrival were made to sign a new contract in English or Arabic that pays them less than had originally been agreed, although this is illegal under UAE law.[30] Further to this, some categories of workers have had their passports withheld by their employer. This practice, although illegal, is to ensure that workers do not abscond or leave the country on un-permitted trips.[31] Although racial discrimination is prohibited by UAE law, there are some incidents where individuals have been ill-treated on the basis of their nationality or race by employers.
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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has the second highest prevalence in the Arab States region, and the seventh highest prevalence in the Global Slavery Index. Migrant workers in the UAE are particularly vulnerable under the kafala (sponsorship) system, a restrictive work permit system that ties migrant workers to their employer.
https://www.walkfree.org/global-slavery-index/country-studies/united-arab-emirat...