St Mary’s Catholic Church in Dubai marked International Father’s Day on 20 July by inviting 500 expatriate workers to a day of entertainment at one of the labour camps in the emirate.
Dubai is one of the seven emirates that make up the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Of its 2.8m population only about 15 per cent are UAE nationals. About 14 per cent are of Western origin and 71 per cent Asian. Mostly from India (51 per cent) but also from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Philippines and elsewhere, many endure great hardship to earn enough to remit something to their families back home.
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