All good posts gentlemen.
If i may postulate...I can totally understand the plight of those from SA and various other areas of the world with runaway crime and human rights violations.
I have yet to hear, however, of anyone from the UK, continental Europe, Austrailia, or North America comming to Dubai to escape the ravages of crime.
No Country is perfect. No society is crime free, but for those contemplating a move here, it's only a "heads up" that due to the massive changes in the UAE, and with it's inherent judicial and law enforcement system, that we are bound to see some profound changes in some of the lesser spoken about "Dark sides" here.
Much of the crime anywhere can be linked with the percieved disparity between the "have's" and "have-nots", and the culture of tollerance within the country.
--not accounting for the instability of some individuals concerned of course.