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Article

27 Sep 2004

Author:
Julia Wheeler , BBC

Workers' safety queried in Dubai

The deaths of five labourers at the construction site of the new airport terminal in Dubai will renew questions about conditions in which migrant workers toil in the United Arab Emirates...the majority of these employees have no voice - not even when it comes to their own safety...The names of the construction companies concerned are not published in the newspapers for fear of offending the often powerful individuals who own them.