When people go to Qatar to see the World Cup games, they probably wouldn't be thinking about the workers who are treated like slaves, the same way the workers were treated who did all that construction in Dubai.
Migrant Workers In World Cup Host Qatar 'Enslaved,' Living In Squalor: Report
The Huffington Post | by Dave JamiesonEmailRSS
Posted: 03/21/2014 4:28 pm EDT
Drawing on data from the Indian and Nepalese embassies, the International Trade Union Confederation estimates that 4,000 more workers could die before the World Cup gets underway in 2022 if the workforce grows as expected.
The group calls Qatar a country with only "a facade of government," and says that impoverished migrant workers from abroad are living in squalid conditions while beholden to employers who control their identification cards and exit visas. Working in "unbelievable heat" six days a week, such migrants are now dying in "unprecedented numbers," according to the report's authors.
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Migrant Workers In World Cup Host Qatar 'Enslaved,' Living In Squalor: Report
Migrant Workers In World Cup Host Qatar 'Enslaved,' Living In Squalor: Report
The Huffington Post | by Dave JamiesonEmailRSS
Posted: 03/21/2014 4:28 pm EDT
Drawing on data from the Indian and Nepalese embassies, the International Trade Union Confederation estimates that 4,000 more workers could die before the World Cup gets underway in 2022 if the workforce grows as expected.
The group calls Qatar a country with only "a facade of government," and says that impoverished migrant workers from abroad are living in squalid conditions while beholden to employers who control their identification cards and exit visas. Working in "unbelievable heat" six days a week, such migrants are now dying in "unprecedented numbers," according to the report's authors.
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Migrant Workers In World Cup Host Qatar 'Enslaved,' Living In Squalor: Report