摘要：
近年来不断飞涨的石油价格使阿联酋国内出现了一股房地产热，该国迪拜市的房租也相应地急剧上涨，这迫使在此地工作的一部分亚洲劳工不得不把自己的汽车当成了卧室。
Rocketing rents in the United Arab Emirates are forcing some of the Gulf state's millions of Asian workers to sleep in their cars, a local newspaper reported on Monday.

近年来不断飞涨的石油价格使阿联酋国内出现了一股房地产热，该国迪拜市的房租也相应地急剧上涨，这迫使在此地工作的一部分亚洲劳工不得不把自己的汽车当成了卧室。

据路透社2月6日援引阿联酋《海湾新闻报》的报道说，目前，迪拜市房租的年上涨率达到了50％。如果眼下在迪拜租一套只有一间卧室的普通公寓的话，那么每年需要为此付出的租金大约为5.6万迪拉姆（8700英镑）。此外，诸如教育、食品、各种公共服务以及休闲娱乐方面的费用的涨幅也十分惊人。

房租价格的上涨使当地一些未婚亚洲男性劳工不得不以车为家。一位在商业部门工作的名叫苏巴哈什·德霍拉齐亚的劳工说："刚开始在自己的汽车内过夜时，我总是有几分怪异的感觉，但现在对这一切已经习以为常了。到目前为止，我已经在车里住了5个星期了。"

报道说，那些睡在车里的劳工一般会向住在附近的当地人支付50到70迪拉姆，以便能够使用他们的浴室和熨衣板，同时还可以找到一个存放行李的地方。来自印度从事秘书工作的迪利普·森说，"我早上5点就得起床，迅速跑进附近的房间，充分利用那里的各种设施"， "然后我就前往不远处的一家自助餐厅去吃早餐"。这些以车为家者还表示，由于害怕遭到警方的围捕，所以他们通常在一个地方只停一次车。

现在，阿联酋的外籍劳工总数已达400万，其中大约85％左右的人来自于南亚次大陆地区。

（国际在线独家资讯 张咏）

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Rocketing rents in the United Arab Emirates are forcing some of the Gulf state's millions of Asian workers to sleep in their cars, a local newspaper reported on Monday.

The Gulf News said unmarried Asian men in Dubai were living in their cars after finding more conventional habitats beyond their financial reach.

"At first I found it a bit weird to spend the night in my car but now I am used to it. I have been living like this for five weeks now," said Subhash Dholakia, who works in sales.

An oil-driven real estate boom is pushing rents higher in the UAE by up to 50 percent each year, with an average one bedroom apartment in Dubai costing around 56,000 (8,700 pounds) dirhams annually. Other living costs such as schooling, food, utilities and leisure are also climbing sharply, while salaries rose just 6.5 percent on average in the year to August 2005.

The men pay 50 to 70 dirhams to tenants who let them use their bathrooms and ironing boards and provide luggage space.

"I get up as early as 5 a.m. and make use of all the house facilities," said Dilip Sen, an Indian secretary. "I then head for breakfast in a nearby cafeteria.

The men said they never parked in the same area twice, for fear of being rounded up by police.

Foreign labourers, mainly from the Asian sub-continent, make up around 85 percent of the United Arab Emirates' 4 million population.

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