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A 2004 HBO documentary[12] accuses the UAE of illegally using child jockeys in camel racing, where they are subjected also to physical and sexual abuse. Antislavery.org has documented similar allegations.[13] The ABT, which was featured heavily in the HBO documentary, announced that in 2005 the government of the UAE began actively enforcing a ban on child camel jockeys, and that the issue "may finally be resolved".[14]
An action filed in the United State in September 2006 accuses Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, Dubai's ruler, of abducting, trafficking and enslaving thousands of young children for camel races. The children were said to be from Bangladesh, Sudan and southern Asia.[15
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Yup sirree... Definitely a place to look up to.
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Again, you're arguing a straw man, Java. I never claimed it was a place to "look up to." All I stated is that they were blowing China - one of the fastest growing economies in the world - out of the water.
For a completely different, and far more positive, view on Dubai's foreign worker situation, see:
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig2/casey8.html
Also, this raises a question WHY ARE THESE WORKERS COMING TO DUBAI WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE TO IF THEY'RE TREATED SO POORLY? Well, because it's worse or just as bad in their home countries, as the following article states:
"It's fair to argue what distinguishes a citizen from a non-citizen in a state where there's no democracy at all. The power of Dubai's absolute ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, could be defined as Genghis Khan-like.
But if you're an immigrant coming from Iran's theocratic nationalism, India's bureaucratic nightmare or Pakistan's barely disguised dictatorship, the last thing you'll want is an interventionist state. So Deng Xiaoping's dictum - "to get rich is glorious" - ultimately prevails. Lee Kwan Yew applied it in Singapore - and it worked marvels.
Racism in Dubai - as in the US south - is pervasive, but off-limits to discussion, even as the fragile social pact between citizens and foreign residents, which in essence means "shut up and do your job", is faltering. A 15% minority could not possibly impose either its language or religion on a cosmopolitan majority - especially when religion is the Wahhabi interpretation of Islam. Thus (Western and Arab) men can get drunk in licensed bars, pubs and restaurants and (Western only) women can wear bikinis on the beach."
Rest of article at:
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/HF07Ak01.html
THIS DOES NOT EXCUSE THE ACTS OF THE GOVERNMENT, but it does explain why these people are putting up with such treatment. They can simply make far more money in Dubai, tax free, than they can make under their own corrupt fascist or collectivist governments. It's just as easy to be mistreated in either place - but one place offers you the potential to improve your economic situation.