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Dubai: Inside the Labour Camps

A hidden "army" of extremely exploited migrant workers (tens of thousands!!)...

..are building Dubai's skyscrapers (*)

Every day in the early morning they are brought by bus into the city from their camps

Six days a week: working like slaves for at least 12 hours up to 18 hours daily

At the end of long days they are taken back to the camps..

..where they've to "live" like.. ANIMALS!! Up to 20 men share a room

A "washing machine"

"Dinner" is prepared in grease-blackened pans..

A typical daily meal: few chillies, an onion and three tomatoes, fried with spices..

Dining on a floor lined with newspapers advertising luxury watches, mobile phones..

Photos by G. Abdul-Ahad

* Many of the projects, like the Burj Dubai, were/are realized under the leadership of S. Korean construction companies (i.e. the S.K. Construction Mafia!!!), such as Samsung, Daewoo, Posco, Hyundai..

A related report - MUST READ!!:

☞ 'We need slaves to build monuments' (Guardian, 10.8)