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Don't they often take their passports and prevent them from leaving?
by scottmcf 6y ago
Don't they often take their passports and prevent them from leaving?
- arjun-menon 6y agoWho do you mean by “they”? Unscrupulous private companies with criminal managers that break the law? A company taking a person’s passport is explicitly illegal in the UAE: https://dubaihow.com/holding-passport-employee-uae/ https://dubaihow.com/holding-passport-employee-uae/ It carries a criminal prison sentence and a fine. And there’s a big push by the UAE government to go after, and prosecute employers who break this law. I don’t know why people in Western countries, always without fail, mention this whenever the UAE comes up. Imagine every time the US was mentioned, a person always pointed out how some private companies in the US treated their employees poorly and abusively (which I’m sure happens). It would be absurd.
- cik 6y agoYou're spot on, as an Israeli I wanted to thank you for highlighting this. There are individuals in every country who perform illegal acts, that should not reflect on the country as a whole. Shukran ya habibi. In Israel we have a lot of love for the UAE. Together, we're already sharing agra-tech, water-tech, and finance. Israel is looking forward to learning about some of the construction methods being pioneered in building up the desert. This is an unbelievably warm peace.
- fakedang 6y agoWhat you're referring to happens in Saudi Arabia and Qatar (and used to happen until the mid 2000s in the UAE, when a Federal decree was passed which stated the criminal sentence explicitly). Saudi Arabia and Qatar haven't abolished the practice.