I've done 10 deployments to the U.A.E. ... this didn't surprise me at all. Even our base had slaves ... aka ... the TCNs. For the non-military folks, Third Country Nationals.

Typical Emirates don't work. All of the work is outsourced to slaves they bring in from the Philippines, Pakistan, and India. I'm sure there are others. If you look in a copy of the Gulf News, you'll see advertisements by employers looking for their slaves (the ones who fail to show for work).

If you break the rules, you are punished severely.