In recent years Abu Dhabi has been a prime destination for many expatriates seeking refuge from the headwinds of the global financial crisis.
But foreign workers now have cause to be nervous for their futures as the oil-rich emirate cuts costs and responds to the youth-driven protests of the Arab spring by tackling unemployment among nationals.
Government bodies and state-linked enterprises in Abu Dhabi are cutting expatriate staff on orders from the “highest levels” of government, employees have been told.
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