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UAE shuts down 77 social media accounts for promoting unlicensed domestic workers
The ministry has urged employers and families to engage only with licensed and approved domestic worker recruitment agencies
- PUBLISHED: Wed 23 Jul 2025, 12:41 PM UPDATED: Fri 25 Jul 2025, 1:03 PM
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- Sahim Salim
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Authorities in the UAE have shut down 77 social media accounts involved in unlicensed domestic worker recruitment during the first six months of this year.
The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE) announced on Wednesday that the action followed investigations which revealed that these accounts were promoting domestic worker recruitment services without the necessary licences.
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The ministry has urged employers and families to engage only with licensed and approved domestic worker recruitment agencies. A list of these agencies, including their names and locations across the UAE, is available on the MoHRE website.
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In a press statement, the ministry warned: “Dealing with unlicensed domestic worker recruitment agencies and unreliable social media pages promoting domestic worker services could lead to customers losing their legal rights, which are guaranteed when they exclusively deal with ministry-licensed and -approved agencies."
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