Question : INDIAN MIGRANT WORKERS

(a) whether Dubai has ordered closure of 107 labour camps in the construction industry unless the living conditions of Indian migrant workers are improved as reported in ‘The Times of India’ dated December 18, 2006;

(b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefore; and

(c) the details of facilities to be provided to the Indian workers?

MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF OVERSEAS INDIAN AFFAIRS (SHRI VAYALAR RAVI)

(a) to (c) : Information is being collected and will be laid on the Table of the House.