The exploitation and harassment of migrant workers in Qatar remains rife, despite promises the World Cup would transform their rights One trade unionist said workers faced “even more egregious treatment” now 🔴 mollyblackall reports
“kafala” system remained in Qatar, which meant migrant workers were unable to change jobs or leave the country without permission from their employer
Some community organisers said it was still common for employers to seize workers’ passports to prevent them from leaving the country. “She was told he would take her to a deportation centre. She said: a deportation centre? You’re my sponsor, why would I have to go to a deportation centre? That’s when she found out her employer never applied for her ID [which enables her to live and work in the country]. She’s back home now, but once they deport you, they class you as a runaway, and you cannot come back to work,” Maria, who is also a domestic worker, said.
“There were many commitments before the World Cup. ‘We will do this, this and this for workers’. But once the World Cup was finally ready, the Ministry [of Labour] has changed.” “Venturing out of the airport, I met a taxi driver from Ghana, who allowed me to borrow his phone. I called the agent in Ghana, who refused to provide a phone number for my supposed employers but referred me to the community representative for the Ghanian community. It turns out the company I was supposed to work for simply didn’t exist,” he said.
The Government has opened at least 14 recruitment centres in countries from which many of the migrant workers originate, which union groups said had helped to reduce “contract substitution”; a practice where workers don’t find the working terms agreed when they arrive. “Many of the companies still have links with the immigration department. You cannot fight the company,” he said.
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