The authorities of the United Arab Emirates plan to restrict the entry of women from Eastern Europe and CIS countries. As Gazeta.Ru reports, in this way the government intends to combat prostitution. According to officials, Arabs are corrupted mainly by visitors from the CIS.
Said ash-Shaafar, press secretary of the country's Interior Ministry, announced plans to restrict the entry of young Slavic women into the UAE. According to him, the government is considering a whole range of measures to combat prostitution and human trafficking. The official admitted that further delay is impossible. In recent years, a flow of girls from CIS countries has poured into the country. They arrive in the Emirates on tourist visas, but, in the words of Said ash-Shaafar, appear in a completely different status, "committing ungodly acts."
The Arab Khaleej Times reports on the nature of possible restrictions. According to the newspaper, the entry of women under 30 will be banned in the near future. The UAE allows that the documents of many female tourists may be forged, so the authorities will double-check their passport data, especially their date of birth. It is not entirely clear how exactly the age of visitors will be verified. Most likely, they will be "run through" all possible databases, both local and those of the sending countries.
There are reports that all women arriving from CIS countries will have to undergo screening on a device that scans the iris of the eye. Apparently, the UAE police have already begun compiling dossiers on sex tourists. Retinal scanning should exclude the possibility of their re-entry into the country. Finally, Abu Dhabi intends to regulate the frequency of visits to the Emirates by young women. Tourists who have left the UAE will not be able to return there earlier than three months later.
Prostitutes already in the Emirates will now have to either stay there for a long time or take a three-month vacation. The bill restricting the visa regime has already been submitted to the UAE parliament for consideration. Said ash-Shaafar is confident that there will be no problems with its approval. The visa restrictions, he says, are being introduced as part of a broader program to combat organized crime. The authorities also hope to crack down on human trafficking that has taken root in the country. To this end, the police want to make it a widespread practice to compare the DNA of a child and the adults accompanying them.
Prostitution is considered a criminal offense in the UAE. Normally, girls are tried by a Sharia court and sentenced to one or two months in prison. But if there are aggravating circumstances (for example, forged documents or serving clients during Ramadan), one can end up behind bars for a year and a half.
Said ash-Shaafar, press secretary of the country's Interior Ministry, announced plans to restrict the entry of young Slavic women into the UAE. According to him, the government is considering a whole range of measures to combat prostitution and human trafficking. The official admitted that further delay is impossible. In recent years, a flow of girls from CIS countries has poured into the country. They arrive in the Emirates on tourist visas, but, in the words of Said ash-Shaafar, appear in a completely different status, "committing ungodly acts."
The Arab Khaleej Times reports on the nature of possible restrictions. According to the newspaper, the entry of women under 30 will be banned in the near future. The UAE allows that the documents of many female tourists may be forged, so the authorities will double-check their passport data, especially their date of birth. It is not entirely clear how exactly the age of visitors will be verified. Most likely, they will be "run through" all possible databases, both local and those of the sending countries.
There are reports that all women arriving from CIS countries will have to undergo screening on a device that scans the iris of the eye. Apparently, the UAE police have already begun compiling dossiers on sex tourists. Retinal scanning should exclude the possibility of their re-entry into the country. Finally, Abu Dhabi intends to regulate the frequency of visits to the Emirates by young women. Tourists who have left the UAE will not be able to return there earlier than three months later.
Prostitutes already in the Emirates will now have to either stay there for a long time or take a three-month vacation. The bill restricting the visa regime has already been submitted to the UAE parliament for consideration. Said ash-Shaafar is confident that there will be no problems with its approval. The visa restrictions, he says, are being introduced as part of a broader program to combat organized crime. The authorities also hope to crack down on human trafficking that has taken root in the country. To this end, the police want to make it a widespread practice to compare the DNA of a child and the adults accompanying them.
Prostitution is considered a criminal offense in the UAE. Normally, girls are tried by a Sharia court and sentenced to one or two months in prison. But if there are aggravating circumstances (for example, forged documents or serving clients during Ramadan), one can end up behind bars for a year and a half.
It must be said, however, that vicious entertainments in the UAE are vicious only by local standards. Participants in exotic strip shows, dancers, and other workers in the entertainment industry can easily fall under the article on 'prostitution'. High-ranking Arab officials, for their part, do not believe that prostitution has recently become a very serious problem. According to the same Saeed al-Shaafar, 'the possibility of adopting restrictive measures does not mean that prostitution is widespread in our country.'