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Human Trafficking & Modern-day Slavery
United Arab Emirates (UAE) [
Country-by-Country Reports ]
The United Arab Emirates [map] is a federation of sheikhdoms located in
SE Arabia, on the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. The federation consists
of seven sheikhdoms: Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah,
Sharjah, and Umm al-Qaiwain. The city of Abu Dhabi in Abu Dhabi is the capital.
The United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) is a destination country for women
trafficked primarily from South, Southeast, and East Asia, the former Soviet
Union, Iran and other Middle Eastern countries, and East Africa, for the
purpose of sexual exploitation. A far smaller number of men, women, and teenage
children were trafficked to the U.A.E. to work as forced laborers. Some South
Asian and East African boys were trafficked into the country and forced to work
as camel jockeys. Some were sold by their parents to traffickers, and others
were brought into the U.A.E. by their parents. A large number of foreign women
were lured into the U.A.E. under false pretenses and subsequently forced into
sexual servitude, primarily by criminals of their own countries. Personal
observations by U.S. Government officials and video and photographic evidence
indicated the continued use of trafficked children as camel jockeys. There were
instances of child camel jockey victims who were reportedly starved to make
them light, abused physically and sexually, denied education and health care,
and subjected to harsh living and working conditions. Some boys as young as 6
months old were reportedly kidnapped or sold to traffickers and raised to
become camel jockeys. Some were injured seriously during races and training
sessions, and one child died after being trampled by the camel he was riding.
Some victims trafficked for labor exploitation endured harsh living and working
conditions and were subjected to debt bondage, passport withholding, and
physical and sexual abuse.
The U.A.E. Government does not collect statistics on persons trafficked
into the country, making it difficult to assess its efforts to combat the
problem. Widely varying reports, mostly from NGOs, international organizations,
and source countries, estimated the number of trafficking victims in the U.A.E.
to be from a few thousand to tens of thousands. Regarding foreign child camel
jockeys, the U.A.E. Government estimated there were from 1,200 to 2,700 such
children in the U.A.E., while a respected Pakistani human rights NGO active in
the U.A.E. estimated 5,000 to 6,000. The U.A.E. Government has taken several
steps that may lead to potentially positive outcomes, such as requiring
children from source countries to have their own passports, and collaborating
with UNICEF and source-country governments to develop a plan for documenting
and safely repatriating all underage camel jockeys.
The Government of the U.A.E. does not fully comply with the minimum
standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant
efforts to do so. Despite sustained engagement from the U.S. Government, NGOs,
and international organizations over the last two years, the U.A.E. Government
has failed to take significant action to address its trafficking problems and
to protect victims. The U.A.E. Government needs to enact and enforce a
comprehensive trafficking law that criminalizes all forms of trafficking and
provides for protection of trafficking victims. The government should also
institute systematic screening measures to identify trafficking victims among
the thousands of foreign women arrested and deported each year for involvement
in prostitution. The government should take immediate steps to rescue and care
for the many foreign children trafficked to the U.A.E. as camel jockeys,
repatriating them through responsible channels if appropriate. The government
should also take much stronger steps to investigate, prosecute, and convict
those responsible for trafficking these children to the U.A.E. - U.S. State
Dept Trafficking in Persons Report, June, 2005 [full country report]
CAUTION: The following links have been culled from the web to illuminate
the situation in the United Arab Emirates. Some of these links may lead to
websites that present allegations that are unsubstantiated or even false. No
attempt has been made to verify their authenticity or to validate their content.
UNICEF - The Big Picture
Quick Search for Missing Children - Select Gender, Country (Ukraine), and
Years Missing
Bur of Democracy, Human Rights & Labor - Country Reports on Human Rights
Practices
2004 Slavery of Children and women in Persian gulf countries
2004 Most citizens of Kazakhstan who fall victim to human trafficking
are sent to the UAE
2004 May 26: A group of Iranian boys and girls will be sold in an
auction today in Fojeyreh, UAE
2004 Leader of Tajik prostitution ring jailed for selling young women
to Emirates
2004 Muka worked for Halla, a UAE diplomat
2004 Nepalese women trafficked to the UAE for domestic servitude
2004 Nepal a "source country" for girls & women trafficked to the UAE
for domestic servitude
2004 10 million foreigners employed in the Gulf lack real legal
protection & basic human rights
2004 Report shows trafficking of boys between United Arab Emirates and
other Gulf States
2004 Regional Update: Victims of trafficking for prostitution are
brought in from Azerbaijan
2004 Police officer arrested, but the trafficking in women for the UAE
continues
2004 Two UAE camel kids restored to their parents by the Overseas
Pakistani Foundation
2004 Anti-Slavery International claims UAE still uses child slaves as
camel jockeys
2003 Case of Narine Karapetyan, who had been tricked into going to the
UAE for prostitution
2003 Young boys abducted from homes in South Asia and forced to be
camel jockeys in the UAE
2003 "Thousands of children trafficked to UAE for use as beggars and
camel jockeys"
2003 Boys, sometimes as young as 5, are sent to the UAE from
Bangladesh, India & Pakistan
2003 According to report, UAE has one of the worst records of human
rights violations
2003 Moldova is a source country for women & children trafficked to .
the United Arab Emirates
2003 TURKMENISTAN - ONE STORY - I was told I would have a good job
working . in Dubai
2002 Report lists United Arab Emirates as a country tolerating slavery
2002 Ibrahim Mohammad, age 6, smuggled to the UAE and forced to work as
a camel jockey
2001 [PDF] Case studies about female domestic workers in the UAE
2000 Report states that women & children are trafficked as prostitutes
or brides to the UAE
1998 20-year old Tatyana was promised a job, then stripped of her
passport and sold to a brothel
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