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Migrant workers employed at Expo 2020 allege confiscated passports, racial discrimination and withheld wages<\/p>\n

Security guards, cleaners and hospitality staff at Dubai\u2019s Expo 2020 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are allegedly working in highly abusive conditions that may amount to forced labour, according to a human rights group.<\/p>\n

Migrant workers employed at the international fair in the UAE \u2013 taking place now after being delayed by Covid \u2013 allege they have been forced to pay illegal recruitment fees, suffered racial discrimination and had wages withheld and passports confiscated, said the report<\/a> by Equidem.<\/p>\n

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