Given what my dad said he witnessed in the couple of weeks he was 'trapped' in Dubai (Ash cloud 2011) that article doesn't surprise me at all.
Stories of horrific treatment/ slavery of migrant workers (Construction, hospitality and servants to the wealthy) from Philipines, bangladesh, Nepal etc in the middle east are all too common and it will continue until either the oil runs dry or the west finds an alternative source whereby and the middle east's silly rich mans toy economy will fade to collapse.
If the yanks and Russians start plundering the Arctic that might be sooner than they think.