UAE- Yemeni Moroccan women most divorced by Emiratis

5/10/2016 8:36:36 PM

(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) The top five nationalities of non-Emirati women who have been divorced by Emirati men has been revealed by Abu Dhabi Judicial Department with Yemeni and Moroccan women leading at the top.

During a conference held at the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department on Tuesday Dr Gamal Mohammed Ibrahim Statistical Analyst highlighted the top nationalities of women who were divorced by Emirati men in 2015.

He pointed out that 86 were from Yemen 48 from Morocco 23 from Oman 20 from Egypt 15 from Syria 12 from Saudi Arabia 11 from Jordan 11 from Comoros Islands 10 from Palestine and 125 other nationalities.

The heated topic on Emirati men marrying non-Emirati women has certainly been on the rise as members from the Federal National Council (FNC) also debated the issue back in April stressing that such rising figures can "affect the population ratio" as stated by Hamad Al Rahoomi an FNC member from Dubai.

Al Rahoomi highlighted that Emirati men marrying non-Emirati women reached 57 per cent in Dubai 28.8 per cent in Abu Dhabi and 39.8 per cent in Ajman raising the question: "If Emirati men marry foreign women then who will Emirati women marry?"

Although the topic on mixed marriages has often been discussed so has the issue on the rise in divorces. However Dr Ibrahim stressed that divorce rates in the UAE particularly in Abu Dhabi have been somewhat misinterpreted by the society as well as on social media as statistical numbers "are not as high as people are making them out to be." Divorce rates have been on the rise to a certain degree as the average divorce rate in Abu Dhabi for expats was 0.7 for every 1000 people in 2014 whereas for Emirati men it hit 13 for every 1000 and 11 for every 1000 Emirati women.

Therefore in total the number of divorces for both Emiratis as well as expats in 2014 was1.3 for every 1000 people in Abu Dhabi. Furthermore 75 per cent of those who were divorced had no family relations. Divorce rates by years also revealed that in 2012 a total number of 1148 divorces took place in the Capital whereas in 2013 the numbers went up to 1248.

In 2014 numbers were slightly higher than the previous year as they came to 1287 although numbers dropped in 2015 by reaching 1175.

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