No aid for UAE’s migrant workers left strapped and stranded
Low-paid foreign workers make up 90% of the Emirates’ workforce, with some not paid in months, and not sign of payment in the future
22 July 2020 - 12:22
Dubai — When Kapil left his Nepali village for an airport job packing cargo in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), he thought he was securing a future for himself and his family. But less than a year after arriving in the Middle East trade and tourism hub, he questions whether it was the right decision after learning there would be no work this month.
“I’m totally hopeless,” said Kapil, whose wife and five-year-old son are in Nepal...
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