Dubai in danger… foreigners flee so hurriedly they’re leaving cars behind

[hilly7]

Here’s an interesting detail of imploding economy: Over 3,000 cars currently sitting abandoned in the Dubai Airport.
Apparently, thousands more rest ownerless in garages across the city.

Foreign workers make up 90% of Dubai’s population. But the government, says The New York Times, is canceling 1,500 work visas every day. Over 50,000 were nixed in January alone — up 86% from January 2008.

It’s a crime in Dubai to not pay your bills… so fearing imprisonment, leagues of unemployed are buying one-way tickets out of Dubai and leaving everything they can’t fit in a suitcase — cars included.

(Side note: The Dubai government is trying to save face by passing a law forbidding the media to report anything damaging to its reputation, punishable with fines up to $272,000.)

Agora

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Great find, Hilly

[hilly7]

Thanks.