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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.
Early migration of Lebanese people to the Emirates began during Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990) which resulted in a high influx of Lebanese moving their businesses to Dubai, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi and continued to do so during the 1990s and the further ongoing civil unrest in Lebanon due to the 2011 Syrian Civil War.
In the private sector, non-nationals constituted up to 81% of the employees. Non-nationals occupy low-level positions in areas such as construction work and domestic household work, while non-Bahraini Arabs tend to hold higher status jobs, such as manager positions. As of 2013, 85% of the non-Bahraini residents were from Asian countries and 50% ...
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[113] [131] [65] [62] [132] According to Dubai Women's College, 50-60% of its 2,300 students proceed to seek employment upon graduation. [133] The literacy rate of women in the UAE is 95.8%, [134] [135] while it is 93.1% among men. [135] Women constitute 80-90% of the student population at two of the nation's three federal institutions of ...
Australians have been attracted by the lifestyle Dubai offers, including the wealth of outdoor activities for their families. [117] However, their population fell in 2009 due to the downturn in the economy of Dubai, as retrenched Australian expatriates with underwater real-estate loans fled the country to avoid debtor's prison. [118]
In fact, according to the latest numbers released by the United States Department of Labor, the Leading Occupations of Employed Women for 2009 are secretaries, nurses, teachers and cashiers, in ...
The United Arab Emirates has an embassy in Beirut, [1] and Lebanon maintains an embassy in Abu Dhabi and a consulate-general in Dubai. Both countries are part of the Middle East region and share close cultural ties. There are hundreds of thousands of Lebanese expatriates living and working in the U.A.E.