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The non-governmental organisation Human Rights Watch has welcomed the creation by the UAE of an agency to protect foreign workers against exploitation last week, but warned that it was unlikely to be wholly successful.

Bill Van Esveld, a researcher at Human Rights Watch, said: 鈥淩eforms must address the systemic problems that have created exploitative conditions, for instance the workers often end up with massive debts they cannot pay back owing to a fee they pay to recruiters. It is also a common company practice to confiscate workers鈥� passports. Together, these factors make it extremely difficult for workers to quit a bad employer.鈥�

Saqr Ghubash, the country鈥檚 labour minister, said the reforms were aimed at improving labourers鈥� welfare, regulating their salaries and improving labour relations.

Most labourers in the Gulf are from south Asia. The average salary for a labourer in the country is about $200 (拢128) a month. The working day can be as long as 14 hours and most labourers work a six or seven day week and live in cramped camps, often with limited facilities.

HRW鈥檚 recent research shows that construction companies commonly withhold one or two months鈥� salaries from migrant construction workers, and also often fail to pay on time.