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Indians in the United Arab Emirates constitute the largest part of the population of the country. Over 3,860,000 Indian expats are estimated to be living in the United Arab Emirates, [1] with over 38% of the country's total population and the fourth highest number of overseas Indians in the world, after the United States, Saudi Arabia, and Malaysia. [2]
The three largest Emirates (Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Sharjah), are home to nearly 85% of the population. [9] The 2022 population of the UAE stands at 9.4 million, [4] of which 69% of the population is male and 31% of the population is female. [10] [11] [12] The population density of the Emirates has reached a record 114 per km 2. [13]
Dubai has the UAE's largest community of South Koreans. [103] However, a consulate was not opened in Dubai until March 2008. [104] Roughly 1,300 North Korean workers live in the UAE, primarily in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. They earn between US$300 and $500 per month, but must make so-called "loyalty payments" of $150 to $250 to the North Korean ...
Migrant workers in the United Arab Emirates describe the foreign workers who have moved to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for work. As a result of the proximity of the UAE to South Asia and a better economy and job opportunities, most of the migrant foreign workers are from India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Philippines and Pakistan.
In March 2018, an Emirati princess Latifa bint Mohammed Al Maktoum II, daughter of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, was seized by commandos from a yacht away from the Indian coast, after she fled from UAE. [73] A BBC documentary reported how the princess planned her escape from her residential palace. [74]
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Dubai [a] (/duːˈbaɪ/ doo-BYE; Modern Standard Arabic: دُبَيّ; Emirati Arabic: دِبَيّ, romanized: /diˈbej/ di-BAY) is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, the most populous of the country's seven emirates.
Dubai has traditionally served as an "entrepôt for trade between the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent and was dominated by Hindu merchants in both gold and textile trade". [4] After the discovery of crude oil and large-scale industrialization and urbanization in the UAE , many workers and employees came to UAE for employment purposes in ...