2005	2006	2007
Arab countries	84,134	92,629	139,991
India	300,190	371,453	566,853
Pakistan	92,238	124,297	191,736
Bangladesh	58,614	103,840	215,113
Philippines	35,145	47,753	72,609
Nepal	21,521	23,289	37,403
Sri Lanka	14,627	13,090	15,797
Afghanistan	4,025	5,198	10,336
Iran	368	691	3,435
Other Asian countries	13,951	19,754	38,740
Africa	3,410	4,401	6,507
Europe	10,639	11,092	15,579
America	2,018	2,565	3,312
Oceania	709	1,082	1,704
Total	641,599	821,134	1,319,115

Source: Statistical Yearbook 2008, Ministry of Labour, UAE.

ANNEXED NOTE

1. Characteristics of data, definitions

The population taken into account is the private sector employees.

2. Institution which provides data

Ministry of Labour, UAE

3. Data availability

The data has been taken from Arab Labour Organisation’s Statistical Yearbook 2010, Chapter “Migration”
http://www.alolabor.org/final/index.php?option=com_jdownloads&Itemid=110&view=view.download&catid=31&cid=95&lang=en
http://www.alolabor.org/final/index.php?option=com_jdownloads&Itemid=110&view=viewcategory&catid=31&lang=ar

Last date of access: March 3, 2015.

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