Filipinos in the United Arab Emirates Filipinos in the United Arab Emirates Filipinos in the United Arab Emirates are migrants or descendants of the Philippines living in the United Arab Emirates. 679,819 Filipinos live in the UAE, of which 450,000 live in Dubai, and they form 21.3% of the population of Dubai. Dubai is home to the largest population of Filipinos in the UAE, followed by Abu Dhabi and Al Ain. In 2007, Filipinos in the UAE sent more than US$500 million in remittances back to the Philippines. Filipinos in the United Arab Emirates are primarily migrant Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) employed in the architecture, construction,
Indians in the United Arab Emirates Indians in the United Arab Emirates Indians in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) constitute the largest part of population of the country. Over 2 million Indian migrants are estimated to be living in the UAE, which is over 27 percent of the total population of the UAE.<ref name="Emirates24/7">Profile - Embassy of India, Abu Dhabi UAE</ref> Indian contact with the emirates that now constitute the UAE dates back several centuries, as a result of trade and commerce between the emirates and India. The UAE has experienced a tremendous increase in the population of Indians who, having migrated to the country as