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3 Dic 2023

Autor:
Human Rights Watch

Questions and Answers: Migrant Worker Abuses in the UAE and COP28

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In addition to these serious concerns, UAE-based migrant workers face widespread abuses. Migrant workers form 88 percent of the UAE’s population, and the preparation and delivery of COP28 also relied on workers who have faced labor abuses. As Human Rights Watch has recently documented, abuses of UAE-based migrant workers are linked more broadly to climate-related harm.

The UAE’s migrant workers and their communities back home are among those contributing the least to the climate crisis, yet they are often the ones who have the greatest exposure to climate harm and who are struggling the most to deal with the consequences.

The following questions and answers address key questions regarding the failure by UAE, this year’s COP28 host, to protect its migrant workers.

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