Migrant workers employed as security guards in a huge park at the heart of Qatar’s World Cup festivities claim to be paid as little as 35p an hour.
Analysis done by the Guardian suggests migrant workers are paid as little as 1330 rials per month for 348 hours of work, along with a small food allowance.
Security guards say they were forced to pay illegal recruitment fees of up to £1,650 in order to secure their jobs, requiring them to work for five months just to pay off their debt Furthermore, guards all said they had been forced to pay illegal recruitment fees in the region of £1,175-£1,650 to recruiters in their home countries in order to secure the jobs, effectively requiring them to work for five months just to pay off the fees.
Qatar has faced serious allegations of migrant worker abuse since first being awarded the World Cup back in 2010, with around 6,500 workers thought to have died of exhaustion building the stadiums and infrastructure required to host the tournament in the blistering heat.
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