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‘They told us they hate Africans’: Hundreds detained, deported from Abu Dhabi

September 2, 2021September 2, 2021 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here September 2, 2021]

Kabirat Olokunde, a Nigerian migrant worker, planned to spend her birthday with friends in the city of Abu Dhabi. Instead, she turned 28 in a frigid prison cell, one of about 700 Africans imprisoned by Emirati authorities without charge.

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