Qatar has used thousands of foreign workers to build its World Cup facilities. Many may have died.
of using forced labour. It said many workers were living in squalid accommodation, paying huge recruitment fees and had had wages withheld and passports confiscated.Qatar's government has promised to improve conditions in its labour camps
Amnesty International also says that despite the abolition of the "kafala" - or sponsorship - system, which barred migrant workers from leaving their jobs without their employer's consent, Qatar's government says the figures are an overestimate, because they include thousands of foreigners who died after living and working there for many years. It says many would have been working in jobs unrelated to the building industry.among labourers building World Cup stadiums. It says 34 of those were "non-work related".The International Labour Organization says Qatar has not counted sudden and unexpected deaths amongst labourers.
The main causes of these deaths and injuries were falling from heights, road traffic accidents and falling objects.Qatar 2022 has been controversial from the very moment it was announced by football's world governing body, Fifa, in 2010.
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