‘You can’t verify injuries over Zoom’ – remote social work under Covid-19 in the UAE
For World Social Work Day 2021, a social worker and two academics talk about how Covid has affected social work and vulnerable migrants in blue-collar jobs in the United Arab Emirates
March 16, 2021 in Coronavirus, Workforce
Photo: ibreakstock/Adobe Stock
By Alice Blackwell and Charlotte Carter
Just like the rest of the world, Covid-19 has kept the United Arab of Emirates (UAE) in its grip.
As of 15 March 2021, the UAE had recorded 428,295 cases and 1,402 deaths.
Expatriates, who make up 88.5% of the UAE population, have been particuarly hard hit by the pandemic, particularly those in blue-collar jobs, who account for half the expatriate workforce.