Crisis leaves Dubai migrant workers out in the cold
Low-paid Asian workers who toil long days to build the skyscrapers of Dubai have become the latest victims of the global financial crisis as companies run short of business and money. For many years, the Gulf emirate was a magnet for South Asian workers who fed the booming economy with cheap manpower — from cleaners and gardeners to skilled and unskilled builders. A report issued earlier this month showed that 582 billion dollars worth of building projects in the United Arab
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