The UAE is generally regarded as the most tolerant Muslim nation in the Middle East. If the employers were doing what the contract required and not mistreating them, I would suppose that they have an obligation to perform and ensure that the employer’s funds spent to import them weren’t used for naught. But I’m sure there is more to this story than meets the eye.
Its easy. He is lying through his teeth. I have known people in the maids situation and they quickly become desperate to escape.