Dubai, Dubai labour camp - Sonapur
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www.florian-ullbrich.de Sonapur is a labour camp on the outskirts of Dubai (United Arab Emirates). The name Sonapur is Hindi and means "place of gold". It could not be further from the truth. Whilst the middle and upper classes in Dubai enjoy a life of wealth and well-being, the workers who live in labour camps like Sonapur suffer under, what some call "modern slavery". They are being brought to Dubai by agencies who sponsor them and give them a working permit. In return, each worker has to pay up to 12,000 Dhs to his agency. Most workers don't earn more than 4 Dhs an hour. With this they have to pay rent, food, the money the owe to the agency and if they can save a few Dhs, they send them back to their families in India, Pakistan and other asian countries. Meat is a luxury here. Also one bed per person is a luxury to some. Sonapur is one of the "nicer" labour camps. Still it's not a place tourists go to. Hence I had to go there. I want these photographs to give you a first insight into the life and living conditions of these men. They are the ones who build all the big villas, skyscrapers, roads and whatever else needs cheap labour to be built. I sincerely hope my work raises some awareness, as it is awareness that changes peoples views. And it is people who have the power to urge governments to do something to make this world a better place. Thank you for watching!
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dubai is just like a hell for labour
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I HATE DUBAI
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سيئ للغاية الامارات بلد فاشلة تستغل الفقراء
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Was looking for this on google earth, couldn't find it, not everything glitters in the Emirates then?
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Our king of bollywood daily visit to Dubai! and also live in luxury houses and perform dance show to gather funds for flood affected areas but does not pay attention on this area sonapur! i hate our heros and heroines because they are rogues and fake!
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need 2 type food to survive! what does they have to do?
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are you gone out of your mind? I lived and worked in Dubai for 3 years. The labour laws and the labour ministry are crap; they actually encourage this kind of treatment. When I was there, I had been to Sonapur on a Friday and was quite appalled at the living conditions there. Since that day, I hated Dubai. Now I live in Canada; here the labour laws are very strong and strongly enforced. 9 to 5 is the norm; anything over that you have to pay 1.5 times as overtime(if you don't you will be sued)
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America was built the same way if not worse.
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Handigemensen.nl - Listed here you will locate low-cost support in all regions!
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well i am one of the guys living in this place , yes its true this place is a trash smells bad the roads not fix in a nice way.. rooms here are airconditioned, but if you go out here its fuck. when i go out use to go city center one of the nearest malls here but then u have to travel from bus or metro.. living in this place is not okay that is why some choose to leave out to have a better place of accommodation.
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Because their passports have been taken by the employmeny agency and they have no money to get out of there. Duh!
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I dont feel like keeping my muslim name anymore. these fucking arabs are nonhuman along with their western masters. those arab sheikhs are a curse to humanity. they should be stoned in full public view.
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@cry29sis I guess what makes Dubai worse than other places is the climatic conditions and geographic location. You literally get trapped there, I guess.
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WTF? They have air conditioners. Can't be that harsh. Weak as piss.
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dubai.. the arabs themselves lick up to europeans about pakistanis/bangladeshis, hoping for moslem brotherhood, well, lick my ass, that would be better
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@nrittam in no ways it is a crabby city with a huge debt i don't see that ever the royal family of dubai pay to the debt half dubai is bad then london luxembourg , rome etc. it cannot be compared to the cities like singapore macau honkon etc. afterall when oil will be dried then people will realize the pain which converted a fukin desert into a worldclass city
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@nrittam in no ways it is a crabby city with a huge debt i don't see that ever the royal family of dubai pay to the debt half dubai is bad then london luxembourg , rome etc. it canno be compared to the cities like singapore macau honkon etc. afterall when oil will be dried then people will realize the pain which converted a fukin desert into a worldclass city
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shame on u.a.e. !
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@my2dayur2mrw that music is a cover of a theme from the movie, Requiem for a Dream, original music by Clint Mansell. it's scary.
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@82gall Will this "philosophy" hold good, when you /family are at the receiving end ?
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