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Article

22 Oct 2019

Author:
Areeb Ullah, Middle East Eye

UAE: Government continues to contract construction companies lacking worker welfare protections

"Migrant workers continue to face risks in Dubai, one year ahead of Expo 2020," 21 Oct 2019

Several construction firms that have failed to disclose how they are protecting migrant workers in the United Arab Emirates have been contracted by the Emirati government to build infrastructure for the Expo 2020 in Dubai...

Business and Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRRC) showed that companies who have failed to disclose were given 62 building projects worth billions of dollars by the Emiratis... 

[Diana Eltahaway, BHRRC Gulf Programme Manager] said the Emirati government, as a major client to companies and investors in the construction industry, has a responsibility to protect the rights of all workers.