The other side: Iranians in the UAE, between visibility and invi
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Introduction
If trade between the shores of the Persian Gulf continues in a
reticular territory in the South and in the North, through the legal trade
or illegal, the importance of the presence of Iranians in the UAE
reflects new migration trends that echo a process
wide globalization and metropolisation. More than 500,000 Iranians live and
working in the UAE with a population of about 4 million
people. It is no longer necessary to remember that the urban development
Dubai is partly due to the presence of migrants from four continents.
But if the majority of the population of Dubai is native to Southeast Asia and
an inhabitant of two was born in India, the ancient Iranian dimension remains
pregnant and 80% of Iranians are Emirates in Dubai.