United Arab Emirates: Targeting of Shia Nationals for Deportation Amidst Iran War 

A new report by Migrant Rights Research Open Repository (MRRORS), a Gulf-based civil society organisation, documents a coordinated campaign in the UAE involving the detention and deportation of Pakistani Shia migrants. Against the backdrop of the Iran war and growing securitisation across the Gulf, deportees allege they were targeted primarily on the basis of their Shia identity or suspected Iranian sympathy, and describe experiencing physical and verbal abuse in detention.  […]

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"Detained, tortured and deported: Pakistani migrants recount UAE’s anti-Shia crackdown amid Iran war" - https://www.mrrors.org/2026/05/detained-tortured-and-deported-pakistani-migrants-recount-uaes-anti-shia-crackdown-amid-iran-war/