Ruined By Credit Card Debt: Successful British Businessman Sleeps On Streets In Dubai

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—Once a business development manager but ruined by credit card debt, Nicholas Warner is now one of Dubai’s new homeless.

The 42-year-old British national sleeps every night by Dubai Creek, the emirate’s main waterway, after losing his job, his home, and finally his passport.

“I’m homeless and I’ve got nothing,” Warner told local newspaper 7Days.

“I’m desperate to pay my way but without a passport, I can’t work. I wish they’d just send me to jail so all this could be over with,” he said.

Warner was arrested in January after returning from a Christmas break in Spain. His passport was seized by police after an instruction from banks, and he later lost his job.

Seven months later, Warner’s case has not been taken to the courts, and a repayment plan has not been agreed upon with the bank.

“Now, I think I’d be better off in prison,” he said. “At least I’d have food and a roof over my head and I could do my time and be deported.”

He said he had tried to turn himself in to police, but they told him he was free to go.

“If someone told me last year I’d end up sleeping rough [British slang for sleeping on the street], I wouldn’t have believed them,” he added. 

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