طرد و حرمان جماعي لعمّال تظاهرة يوم السبت
و في مقابلة لرئيس شرطة دبي مع إذاعة البي بي سي البريطانية، أعلن أنّ الشركات هي التي تقرر تسفير العمّال أو إبقائهم، و أنّ دور الشرطة لا يتعدى الحفاظ على الأمن. و في مقابلة أخرى لوكيل وزارة العمل مع صحيفة الإمارات اليوم، ذكر أنّ طلب العمّال بزيادة الرواتب "غير قانوني"، و من يريد البقاء يستطيع بشرط موافقة الشركة، أمّا من أراد المغادرة فستعمل وزارة العمل على ذلك.
Workers Collectively Deported for Saturday Protest
A company representative said that workers involved in last Saturday's protest are to be deported and banned from entering the UAE. Around 4000 workers from several construction companies, reported by several agencies, were involved in a protest from Jebal Ali (Dubai) to Sh. Zayed Road, attacking police and throwing stones on cars. Two police vehicles were vandalized. The protest was against low wages and workers' bad living and working conditions.
In an interview with an official from Dubai police with BBC radio, he announced that the companies are the ones to decide whether to keep the workers or deport them, and that the responsibility of the police does not exceed maintaining security. In another interview with a labour ministry official with Emirates Today, he said that the workers' demands for better pay were "illegal" and that who decides to stay has to abide by the companies' rules and that the ministry will ensure that who wishes to leave does.