Kunjan Soman, 60, who came to the UAE in 1999, is one among the many such illegal residents who were able to go back to their home countries without paying hefty fines for violating residency laws.
“At this age, I am going back home empty-handed…at least I can be with my wife, children and my grandchildren.”“I don’t have enough words to thank the kindness of the Dubai government,” he said.
Soman spoke of the conditions illegal workers have to live and work in, and how they are often cheated out of their rights because they do not have the support of the authorities.
“If someone has a choice they wouldn’t be staying illegally. I think if people get salaries on time then no one would turn illegal.”
He came to Dubai as a painter at a maintenance company and the company was running well, he recollected.
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