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*The '''discovery of oil''' brought with it an influx of workers from India from the mid-1960s onward. Most of the shopkeepers were from the '''state of Kerala''', or were '''Indian Arabs, descendants of Arabs who had previously emigrated to India'''. | *The '''discovery of oil''' brought with it an influx of workers from India from the mid-1960s onward. Most of the shopkeepers were from the '''state of Kerala''', or were '''Indian Arabs, descendants of Arabs who had previously emigrated to India'''. | ||
*Indian migration to the UAE drastically increased in the 1970s and 1980s, with the expansion of the oil industry and the growth of free trade in Dubai. Annual migration of Indians to the UAE, which stood at 4,600 in 1975, rose to over 125,000 by 1985, and stood at nearly 200,000 in 1999.<ref>"Indians in the United Arab Emirates", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indians_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates, accessed 22 June 2021.</ref> | *Indian migration to the UAE drastically increased in the 1970s and 1980s, with the expansion of the oil industry and the growth of free trade in Dubai. Annual migration of Indians to the UAE, which stood at 4,600 in 1975, rose to over 125,000 by 1985, and stood at nearly 200,000 in 1999.<ref>"Indians in the United Arab Emirates", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indians_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates, accessed 22 June 2021.</ref> | ||
====Pakistanis in the United Arab Emirates==== | |||
*With a population of over 1.5 million, '''Pakistanis''' are the second largest national group in the UAE after Indians, constituting 12.5% of the country's total population. They are the third largest overseas Pakistani community. The majority of Pakistanis are Muslim, with significant minorities of Christians, Hindus and other religions. The majority are found in '''Dubai and Abu Dhabi''' respectively, while a significant population is spread out in Sharjah and the remaining Northern Emirates.<ref>"Pakistanis in the United Arab Emirates", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistanis_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates, accessed 22 June | |||
==For Further Reading== | ==For Further Reading== | ||