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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.
The United Arab Emirates received a small contingent of South Korean migrant workers in the late 1970s and early 1980s, but it was never a major destination. [101] However, due to rapid growth since 2005, the country has come to have the Arab world's largest South Korean population. [ 100 ]
Filipinos in the United Arab Emirates are migrants or descendants of the Filipinos living in the United Arab Emirates. 679,819 Filipinos live in the UAE, of which 450,000 live in Dubai, and they form 6.1% of the whole UAE population, and they form 21.3% of the population of Dubai. [2]
The United Arab Emirates experienced a significant population increase in recent years as a result of major economic growth. This led to an influx of workers from diverse cultural and religious backgrounds, increasing the population from 4 million in 2004 to roughly 8 million in 2009. [5]
The first wave concerns migration to the GCC region prior to the British arrival in the so-called Trucial States, being modern-day Qatar, Bahrain and the UAE, in 1820.The oldest known maritime trading route is the one between the Indus Valley civilisation and Dilmun in modern-day Bahrain.
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 ...
On November 18 in 2020, the UAE banned visas for Pakistani nationals. [26] In 2012, the UAE stopped issuing visas for Bangladeshi nationals citing fake documents. [27] In April 2014, Kuwait renewed its visa ban on all Pakistanis. [28] In most instances passports of South Asian labourers are confiscated by their employers or sponsors. [23]
A part of the worldwide Arab diaspora, the Emirati diaspora is very small, mainly because of the adequate opportunities provided to citizens in the UAE, removing the need for many to live and work in other countries. Many UAE locals also prefer not to work in menial jobs, opting for well paid government jobs instead.