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alausaone:
My advise is simple, forget bout the 500k you paid before gettinng the working permit Visa, go back to Nigeria, most of people working in dubai is salvery for sure because according to people who have been there says the same...what mos people dont know there are many opportunity in Nigeria, i am very sure as an engineer in Nigeria you can find little Job ...do not waste your time there go back to naija, the 65000 wont get you no here sir, what did you want to save after paying your bills, so that means you are only working to feed paybills and etc..............

The 65k might be savings cos companies there do takecare. Of accommodation and bills my friend lives in qatar

2dugged:
this is an eye opener, e clear say na to follow Libya, then take boat to Spain sure pass o

so all d people u dey hear we dey fall for inside water for Libya no dey enter ur ear

abi u be super human...by the way which kind money u self dey go look for abroad ...abi na u wan pay ur bride prize
or na u be the head of ur family

even if na hair saloon wey you for dey manage till God give you ur own husband so..two of una go dey manage una life together

instead you wan travel abroad at all means to go do ashawo
abi which kind money u want go look for...u want buy land?...no just let me vex for u

VocalWalls:
what most people don't realize is that these massive buildings which has granted this country its modern civilization are mostly constructed and built by workers; the majority of which are expats in the UAE and which have been denied their respective wages for months by the companies which they're working for.

The process of recruiting these workers is simple; companies would typically post ads or contact foreign recruitment/ employment agencies based in multiple countries (Mostly Southeast Asian countries; i.e. Nepal, Pakistan, Afghansitan, India, The Philippines, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, China etc..) to recruit workers for them. The agencies would act as the middle man been the two; they would find those interested in working abroad, or in the tempting offers and swaying promises made by the construction companies. The recruitment agencies would help the workers fill in their application forms & necessary documents for the job and the visa and assist them in booking their airline tickets once their visa has been approved. Ultimately they would get a fee from the workers and a percentage from the company.


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The unsuspected laborers would take off to their destination in the hopes of being paid a high salary; and making a fortune to support their families back home.

Unfortunately, once they land in the UAE they are given a lengthy contract to sign with the company, taken to their accommodation, and their passports are stripped away from them and kept by their employers. This makes them unable to leave the country unless they obtain their passports back somehow, some of them never do and are trapped for years.

If that wasn't bad enough, the workers are made to stay in terrible accommodation. The places they are kept in are unhygienic and filthy for people to live in. Some are kept in old buildings, just on the outskirts of the city they helped build.

The issue has generated some controversy and international attention by the media, when a couple of journalists investigated the situation. Here are some pictures that's been taken by an Iranian investigative journalist who did an article about the mistreatment of these expats


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The workers are forced to share a room, sometimes 7–8 workers share one room to sleep in.

They are not offered running water for showering or cooking, and they aren't offered proper cooking facilities either. Which means most of the time they are forced to find unconventional means to cook for themselves.

Due to the lack of sufficient plumbing the men’s living compartment are engulfed by a river of sewage.

Some are paid as little as €150 a month, some are paid nothing whatsoever. Most are unable to protest, unable to leave because they don't have their passports & are forced to stay & complete their contract work agreement.

Most are in debt back home, because they had to take loans and borrow money to pay the agencies, and buy an airline ticket and their minimum wage income isn't helping them pay off their debts or support their families back home or themselves.

The working conditions themselves are atrocious, workers are forced to work for as long as 12 hours per day, sometimes more. They are made to work during day shifts, even when the temperature outside reaches 50 Celsius, workers have to work under the sun.

The UAE government officials have been criticized for allowing such treatment to take place. However, the government’s response was to deny such accusations & ensure all the migrant workers in the UAE are treated well and are taken care of by their employers. Even if reality revealed otherwise.

A lot of this is termed Modern slavery. A mini documentary made by Vice has been uploaded into YouTube in which reporter Ben Anderson poses as a British tourist and exposes the mistreatment of migrant workers in the UAE. I know it's a bet outdated, but this remains a pressing issue that's still going on till this day.

Well written.. You just saved me from the stress of typing

enuelsmith:
No be by force to go dubai

Sebi na wetin cause the fight........

That is a sad story.... I will blame the guy for one thing though.... He did not do his assignment very well.......... Before you travel to any country in the world,do your homework., Google the country past and present... Go YouTube and see what going on..... Check the predicament of the country... Not all that is Glitters is gold.... For me though ... I can't never, I repeat go, I can never go any fucking Arab countries .... They are full of shits .... I Googled slavery about all Arab countries that is when I knew.. How their systems work.... Hope I didn't step on any agents toes by posting these but that's the actual facts... Peace out

500k for Dubai, may thunder fire me even I even pay 200k self, but glad without Dubai, I achieve more. I don't even there UK for 500k when my account was ringing tripple of that.

SMH., with that kind of money and planning with right investment you will very comfortable here, see how u sold yourself to slavery.
You could have lend me that money and i pay you 10% interest monthly.

nzeobi:
Am also planning to come over to dubai but this story is discouraging.
The best solution I can give now is for your friend to pray and to look for a powerful man of God here in nigeria that is if he is a believer.

brother no vex..o ....so you get powerful man of God and you no fit tell..m make he pray over Nigeria katakata....say Nigeria is on fire....wey make you self wan run commot

..abi na small change we dey him hand una wan collect and call it a tithe before him matter go reach Heaven ...hm

..una no fear God again as na him name una they use for coded fraud

Why like this Baba

nzeobi:
Am also planning to come over to dubai but this story is discouraging.
The best solution I can give now is for your friend to pray and to look for a powerful man of God here in nigeria that is if he is a believer.

Atmmachine:
I support his deportation.



My guy gave an agent 500 thousand naira for ordinary Dubai visa, how much did it cost me to get an American visa ?? Just 160k, The guy foolishly went to Dubai with a one month visa, he's now in Lagos begging for money

bro, to me, the reason to which people pay agent is dat dey can't show proof of funds in their acct and maybe bank statement or employment letter or document for ownership of company. When the embassy asks of this requirement, how do you expect people to go about it? Please I need a response from you since you paid less for your visa..

carmag:
so all d people u dey hear we dey fall for inside water for Libya no dey enter ur ear

abi u be super human...by the way which kind money u self dey go look for abroad ...abi na u wan pay ur bride prize
or na u be the head of ur family

even if na hair saloon wey you for dey manage till God give you ur own husband so..two of una go dey manage una life together

instead you wan travel abroad at all means to go do ashawo
abi which kind money u want go look for...u want buy land?...no just let me vex for u

yes,I wan buy land, build house for my mama,you say hair salon?,most of those ladies get sugar daddy for side na, if you nor know make you know now, suggest another business wey I go take make make mumsy dey comfortable Abeg, forget saloon mata

santafe:
I agree 100%.
People should be very careful where they choose to live and work,
. If you do not have a professional job in Dubai, by all means, please don't go there. Lets also careful about agents too as they serve their selfish interest most of the time.
@Op if you are deported, its not going to be the end of your life.

Ur right abt the professional jobs. The truth is if u do not have a professional job in any country abroad, it is slavery. I don't believe in going abroad for d sake of it. Ecspecially if u have no family/friends as a support system & ur unskilled or have a useless degree. They live very poorly in America & Europe too. Hand to mouth.

If there's a goal to get a slave job while studying & then get a professional job, Dts much better. There are Africans dt are respected, earning a good living, living in their own houses & shopping like kings in dt same Dubai, just like there are in the UK, USA, Canada & everywhere else. A lizard in Nigeria will not become an alligator when he lands in America.

Cutehector:
Next time u sit bak in lagos!

How many jobs in lagos can pay you 250k per month? Answer

@op your friend has made a great mistake by going to the labour. These people can frustrate his life for months. There are jobs that are not meant for Nigerians and the one your friend got is one of them. That salary is less than 1000 dirahm. That's rubbish. Taxi driver, security, mechanic and hospitality jobs pay far better for Nigerians and that's why you will see more Africans in taxi and security jobs in Abu Dhabi.

My 2 cent for ur friend... be patient slow and steady wins the race

let your friend be patient,work for 6months after then there are different ways to leave the job and get a better one

nothing comes easy in life.


get your emirate ID.manage the work and after the 6month probation period by the UAE Labour law you are now a fully employed worker for that company.

now you can tell the company you need a pay increase if they dont you can go to the ministry of labour and make your complain

it would be resolved from there,its not easy but just calm your friend down to be patient.

Vanpascore:
Bro, yu got it. He later got a better job, bt no opportunity to do dat. After cancellation, it means he is comming back home, dat is his fear. Thanks

Well, he took the wrong approach by going to labour office. The standard practice in this situation is to negotiate with the boss of the company that issued you work visa, then pay him off and then get a new labor contract from another company you like. Then you exit the country to kish island or back to Nigeria to do "U" turn after the new company have sent you a new work visa. That's how is it's done.
If your current company makes a case against you now... Omo they will ban for some time in Uae.

Negotiate... Negotiate... No agidi, no make trouble.

I lived in that country for awhile and I understand the situation well. when a company seized my cousin's passport...police couldn't save him. Even the embassy.. Not even a court order. We spent money fighting the company ... It was a wasted effort. He came back to Nigeria with TC issued by Nigerian embassy. He got a new passport in Abuja and new labor contract/visa before he could return to UAE.

badderdandem:
please how did you get the visa for 160k and how much can I get dubai visa help a brother please whatsapp or contact me through 09092140826

same thing I Wan ask am o.... I need to know how he got the one for America at that price self..

And this is the best advice for him.... He carry agidi Naija go dubai work... .. I pity am sha.

owagbeba:
Well, he took the wrong approach by going to labour office. The standard practice in this situation is to negotiate with the boss of the company that issued you work visa, then pay him off and then get a new labor contract from another company you like. Then you exit the country to kish island or back to Nigeria to do "U" turn after the new company have sent you a new work visa. That's how is it's done.
If your current company makes a case against you now... Omo they will ban for some time in Uae.

Negotiate... Negotiate... No agidi, no make trouble.

I lived in that country for awhile and I understand the situation well. when a company seized my cousin's passport...police couldn't save him. Even the embassy.. Not even a court order. We spent money fighting the company ... It was a wasted effort. He came back to Nigeria with TC issued by Nigerian embassy. He got a new passport in Abuja and new labor contract/visa before he could return to UAE.

Please dear how did you go about getting your own us visa at 160k, you can help me with some information here i will be most grateful. pls contact me on miykee8@gmail.com or my whatsapp number 07050553234. Thanks

Atmmachine:
I support his deportation.
He's reaping the fruit of his foolishness.
I hate these people called Agents and also the people who use them, only foolish people uses Agents, That thing wey the agent go do, you can do it by yourself.


Why would i pay 500k for Dubai visa ?? I can't give someone 5k for shitty Dubai visa.

Let this be a lesson to you, next time read, read again, re-read again, because the terms and condition and the duration of the job was written on the papers.

My guy gave an agent 500 thousand naira for ordinary Dubai visa, how much did it cost me to get an American visa ?? Just 160k, The guy foolishly went to Dubai with a one month visa, he's now in Lagos begging for money

jerryice:
My 2 cent for ur friend... be patient slow and steady wins the race

let your friend be patient,work for 6months after then there are different ways to leave the job and get a better one

nothing comes easy in life.


get your emirate ID.manage the work and after the 6month probation period by the UAE Labour law you are now a fully employed worker for that company.

now you can tell the company you need a pay increase if they dont you can go to the ministry of labour and make your complain

it would be resolved from there,its not easy but just calm your friend down to be patient.

I don't know how much of arabic the guy can speak that he went to labour

carmag:
so all d people u dey hear we dey fall for inside water for Libya no dey enter ur ear

abi u be super human...by the way which kind money u self dey go look for abroad ...abi na u wan pay ur bride prize
or na u be the head of ur family

even if na hair saloon wey you for dey manage till God give you ur own husband so..two of una go dey manage una life together

instead you wan travel abroad at all means to go do ashawo
abi which kind money u want go look for...u want buy land?...no just let me vex for u

You don't vex already. Abeg no vex!

I never realized this got media attention, thanks for sharing. I spent time in one of the gulf countries and couldn't help but pity the laborers and the janitors. One (nepalese) told me he hasn't seen his wife and kids for years. I was overjoyed that Nigerians like myself were mostly taken up respectable jobs, and I did try to discourage Nigerians without a bachelor's degree to come to gulf countries because of the shitty work conditions. If you received an employment offer not based on at least bachelor's degree, stay away from gulf countries. Slavery is very much alive in the Gulf countries like UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait because of the visa sponsorship system that operates in these countries.

VocalWalls:
what most people don't realize is that these massive buildings which has granted this country its modern civilization are mostly constructed and built by workers; the majority of which are expats in the UAE and which have been denied their respective wages for months by the companies which they're working for.

The process of recruiting these workers is simple; companies would typically post ads or contact foreign recruitment/ employment agencies based in multiple countries (Mostly Southeast Asian countries; i.e. Nepal, Pakistan, Afghansitan, India, The Philippines, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, China etc..) to recruit workers for them. The agencies would act as the middle man been the two; they would find those interested in working abroad, or in the tempting offers and swaying promises made by the construction companies. The recruitment agencies would help the workers fill in their application forms & necessary documents for the job and the visa and assist them in booking their airline tickets once their visa has been approved. Ultimately they would get a fee from the workers and a percentage from the company.


HOLLUP! Take This Free Photo Tour Around America's Legendary White House

The unsuspected laborers would take off to their destination in the hopes of being paid a high salary; and making a fortune to support their families back home.

Unfortunately, once they land in the UAE they are given a lengthy contract to sign with the company, taken to their accommodation, and their passports are stripped away from them and kept by their employers. This makes them unable to leave the country unless they obtain their passports back somehow, some of them never do and are trapped for years.

If that wasn't bad enough, the workers are made to stay in terrible accommodation. The places they are kept in are unhygienic and filthy for people to live in. Some are kept in old buildings, just on the outskirts of the city they helped build.

The issue has generated some controversy and international attention by the media, when a couple of journalists investigated the situation. Here are some pictures that's been taken by an Iranian investigative journalist who did an article about the mistreatment of these expats


HOLLUP! The unseen pictures of UK's 10 Downing Street

The workers are forced to share a room, sometimes 7–8 workers share one room to sleep in.

They are not offered running water for showering or cooking, and they aren't offered proper cooking facilities either. Which means most of the time they are forced to find unconventional means to cook for themselves.

Due to the lack of sufficient plumbing the men’s living compartment are engulfed by a river of sewage.

Some are paid as little as €150 a month, some are paid nothing whatsoever. Most are unable to protest, unable to leave because they don't have their passports & are forced to stay & complete their contract work agreement.

Most are in debt back home, because they had to take loans and borrow money to pay the agencies, and buy an airline ticket and their minimum wage income isn't helping them pay off their debts or support their families back home or themselves.

The working conditions themselves are atrocious, workers are forced to work for as long as 12 hours per day, sometimes more. They are made to work during day shifts, even when the temperature outside reaches 50 Celsius, workers have to work under the sun.

The UAE government officials have been criticized for allowing such treatment to take place. However, the government’s response was to deny such accusations & ensure all the migrant workers in the UAE are treated well and are taken care of by their employers. Even if reality revealed otherwise.

A lot of this is termed Modern slavery. A mini documentary made by Vice has been uploaded into YouTube in which reporter Ben Anderson poses as a British tourist and exposes the mistreatment of migrant workers in the UAE. I know it's a bet outdated, but this remains a pressing issue that's still going on till this day.

Vanpascore:
To cut the story short, the work is a typical slavery work, though he is collecting about 65K/month as wage, when converted to naira. But he did not want to waste almost 500k he paid this agent.

Nigerians with craze to travel overseas for slavery work. Apart from better education and vacation, can't we travel overseas as expatriates? Imagine spending N500,000 as agency fee to travel abroad, only to receive paltry N65,000 every 30days, with lifestyle and and taxes, how much do you take home?

If the N500,000 was invested wisely here in Nigeria, the OP would have made more than N65,000 monthly.

Phlegmwash:
I never realized this got media attention, thanks for sharing. I spent time in one the gulf countries and couldn't help but pity the laborers and the janitors. One (nepalese) told me he hasn't seen his wife and kids for years. I was overjoyed that Nigerians like myself were mostly taken up respectable jobs, and I did try to discourage Nigerians without a bachelor's degree to come to gulf countries because of the shitty work conditions. If you received an employment offer not based on at least bachelor's degree, stay away from gulf countries. Slavery is very much alive in the Gulf countries like UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait because of the visa sponsorship system that operates in these countries.

I'm glad some persons also know about it. The issue is that a lot of persons are struggling to move out of the country, albeit blindly.

There's no love in the Emirates.

Vanpascore:
Thanks sir

Thank God and let know the out coming

RingimKabir:
Sorry, wrong place.


We are talking about the menace of hunger, poverty and unemployment here in Nigeria under this old man from Daura (My town of origin).


#TeamHelpPoor

God bless u

So so sorry for r friend,this usually happen when u paid to secure employment visa from uae. The agent will accept any offer on your behalf there own is to secure a visa for u. Whether u survive o or u die OYO. Stay put for lik a year for u to know more info nd later find better work then u can drop dis present one. Let him still consider if he stand any better option here in naija.

I bet the dude learned the hard way..

He shouldn't sign any contract or go along with the slavery...Just pray to God, and hope for miracle.

He might not be deported, and he shouldn't listen to the agent and let the reported case go on

Atmmachine:
You need another country for that kind of job

pls kindly let me know the best countries for such jobs. thank you

Christie171:
pls kindly let me know the best countries for such jobs. thank you

Aussie, Canada, Yankee

Christie171:
pls kindly let me know the best countries for such jobs. thank you

U.S, U.K or Canada

Vanpascore:
Dear Nairalanders, pls your urgent advice is needed as we have 48 hrs ultimatum. A friend of mine travelled to Dubai two months ago with the aim that d place will be a better place for him bt on getting there, the opposite was met. He went there through an agent in Nigeria here who has a partner in d UAE. He applied for working visa which he was given two years by a company there. The problem started when he got the visa and occupation written on it is "Ordinary Labourer" as he applied for welding work, but the agent told him that, that is UAE style since he is going there as a technician. On getting there, he was welcomed by the company and he started work the third day as a labourer, real one. With this, he was given some documents which have been signed on his behalf, he was surprised as the documents contains employee -employer agreement. He called the agents both the one in Nigeria and UAE immediately what he saw, but the agents said he should be enduring.

To cut the story short, the work is a typical slavery work, though he is collecting about 65K/month as wage, when converted to naira. Now the problem is that other documents he needed to sign, he refused because of those conditions and since then, the agents have been begging him to sign. Also, there was a need for him to do medicals, he also refused and fortunately for him, he met one of the directors in the company and explain things to him bt the man answered him to write cancellation letter so that he can be sent back to Nigeria. But he did not want to waste almost 500k he paid this agent.


Now a Nigerian he met there directed him to go to the labour complaint office in Dubai, which he did and he got this reply from d labour office today "A complaint application number (MB165125948AE ) has been made on company number (488063 ) from employee (CHARLES UGO ) having work permit number ( 65600814), we hope that both of you would mutually discuss on this complaints during next 48 working hours before it gets registered on the company." Now the problem, this message has been forwarded to the company, the company has forwarded it to the agent in Dubai and the agent now called him and said he has made a great mistake by reporting that he may be deported and banned for one year from entering UAE.

Pls Nairalanders, 48hrs has started about 4hrs ago, the company may call on him in d next 4/5 hrs, what should he do? Is it true that he may be deported based on this?? Pls your sincere advice is needed. c

HE WILL NOT BE DEPORTED...

This is typical Nigerian police ojoro of making someone afraid of seeking for his right. The company should offer the welding position they promised him before he travelled.