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Inspection teams of the Violators and Foreigners Follow up Section at the Ministry of Interior have seized 582 housemaids in Abu Dhabi and 242 from Al Ain during the first four months of 2010. The maids, who now face deportation after running away from their sponsors, fled to get additional work illegally, according to Colonel Saeed bin Rakan Al Rashidi, director of the Violators Follow-Up Section at the department, The penalty for hiring or housing an illegal immigrant is a fine of AED 100,000 ($27,000), a minimum of two months in prison and deportation for non-citizens. A person who hires a foreigner they did not sponsor faces a fine of AED 50,000.
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