236 thousand beneficiaries of the deadline to regularize the status of violators in Dubai

The number of beneficiaries of the deadline to regularize the status of violators in Dubai reached 236,000 people who obtained a complete exemption from fines, and their status was legally settled, whether by amending their residency and obtaining new job opportunities, or issuing exit permits for a group of them.

The Director General of the General Administration of Residency and Foreigners Affairs in Dubai, Lieutenant General Mohammed Ahmed Al Marri, said that the number of departure permits issued by the administration after correcting the status of their holders is 55,200 permits, and 41,000 people have actually left, while the rest of the permit holders are preparing to leave.

He added in media statements that the problem facing some of those holding exit permits at the present time is the rise in travel ticket prices, coinciding with the holiday season associated with New Year’s celebrations, pointing out that the General Administration of Residency and Foreigners Affairs has spared no effort in helping those who are unable to do so. side.

Al Marri stressed that, given the number of beneficiaries of the four-month deadline, it can be said that it achieved great success, attributing this to the organizing mechanism and the great efforts made by the work teams.

Al Marri praised the efforts of all departments in Dubai, most notably the Dubai Police, the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation, the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority, the Community Development Authority, the Health Authority, and the Ambulance Authority, stressing that everyone contributed to the success of the humanitarian initiative adopted by the state, to lift the burdens and adjust the conditions of this important group. .

He continued that the deadline was a way to solve the problems of many humanitarian cases, pointing out that the UAE has a diverse society, and it is necessary to understand the conditions experienced by a group of workers who may be pushed by circumstances to violate. He pointed out that the deadline was an opportunity to limit the types of violations and their causes. A group of these workers is exposed to fraud in their home country, and they violate it before arriving in the country, because they are deceived by fraudsters who obtain from them huge sums of money in exchange for visas after tricking them into providing… Job opportunities for her in the Emirates.

He revealed that this problem is not linked to specific countries, but is repeated practices in several countries, as the method of fraud is the same despite the difference in nationality, language and culture, pointing out that there is another category of violating workers who were affected by the conditions of their companies, and the circumstances led them to violate, and the deadline helped correct their conditions. And even help them obtain new job opportunities. He pointed out that the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation did not fail to facilitate the procedures for this category, and the General Administration of Residency and Foreigners Affairs formed teams to follow up Its affairs, in coordination with the Permanent Committee for Labor Affairs in Dubai, which opened a line with companies that needed workers, and quick interviews were conducted for them, they were appointed to those companies, and their procedures were completed in record time.

He stressed that the UAE is a benevolent country, and does not close its doors to those seeking livelihood, but this must be done in a legal manner, indicating that the deadline achieved great success, and the results and causes will be analyzed and practical measures will be taken to reduce such violations, and he explained that the General Administration of Residency and Foreigners Affairs in Dubai has not finished this file, indicating that it was proceeding in accordance with the directives and work mechanism adopted by the state during the deadline period, but it still has great work ahead of it based on the analysis and study of the results, to enhance The state’s position as an oasis of stability and security.

Al Marri praised the efforts of the work teams working around the clock to help the violators, pointing out that he was only absent for a few days from the Violators’ Status Settlement Center in Al Aweer, with the Deputy Director General of the General Administration of Residency and Foreigners Affairs in Dubai and Chairman of the Permanent Committee for Labor Affairs in Dubai, Major General Obaid. Muhair bin Suroor, the Assistant Director-General and those concerned in the administration, to evaluate the efforts accomplished and develop a plan for the following week.

The Director General of Dubai Residency said that the deadline was a wonderful reflection of the humanitarian face of the UAE and the Emirate of Dubai, noting that there are noble initiatives that have strengthened this, such as the Roads and Transport Authority in Dubai allocating a bus station in the Al Awir area to facilitate the arrival of violators to the settlement center in the region, taking into account Due to their financial circumstances, and in order to provide them with all means of support and assistance so that they can benefit from the grace period, he added that the administration was keen to communicate with the consulates of the countries to which it belongs. Those who violated it, and the heads of the consular missions attended in person, and witnessed what they could not believe in the generous treatment of their countrymen. We discussed with them the causes of the problem and ways to avoid it from their homelands, so that these people would not be exposed to fraud and their affairs would be complicated in the state.

He pointed out that the administration was also keen to communicate with the media in those countries, and to seek the help of its influencers on social networks, to ensure that the message was conveyed, and to raise the problem of the simple person looking for a job opportunity in the country, and how he could be helped without deceiving him or depleting his savings, in exchange for an illusion that cannot be achieved. To be achieved this way.