More than 40,000 people in the emirate were unemployed last year.
The Abu Dhabi Statistics Centre (Scad) revealed in its 2012 statistical yearbook that 15,600 - 11.9 per cent - of nationals in Abu Dhabi were unemployed in the middle of last year. The number that surprised many observers, however, was that 24,700 - 1.5 per cent - of expatriates were also out of work.
Although expatriates cannot live in the country without a work visa or sponsorship, recruitment agencies said many were here illegally. Some used visit visas while seeking employment.
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