Jet II,
Did you actually read and try to understand what that poor guy from Bangladesh had to say?
Yes I know exactly what he was saying - and I am sorry for him. But people get ripped off in every country - people pay thousands to 'agents' to get into Europe and get ripped off. The idea that this behavior is somehow the norm for workers in Dubai is plain wrong.
It's the same with the stories about maids getting abused - it happens everywhere, The last story I read was about a maid getting abused by her employer who happened to be Australian - if they are type to do things like that then they will do it where ever they are living be it Hong Kong, Singapore or Timbukto.
For those posters living in Europe, dont believe everything you read in the newspapers - if you want to learn the truth then come to Dubai and actually talk to the workers who are here.