In the United Arab Emirates, 3.11 million expatriates from 202 countries are officially employed in 260,000 public and private sector companies. Official statistics on the composition of foreign labor in the UAE were published in the Labor Report 2007 (Labor Report 2007) published by the country's Ministry of Labor.
Commenting on the main provisions of the report, the Ministry of Labor acknowledged that it has a huge responsibility for the effective management of such a multifaceted and differentiated labor market. The economic boom that the Emirates are experiencing has a direct impact on the demographic situation in the country. Based on the report, the Ministry of Labor determined the areas of work with expatriates this year, the main of which again became the protection of the rights and interests of the lowest paid categories of foreign labor.
