Nasser Al Khater, the head of Qatar’s organizing committee for the 2022 World Cup, said construction worker deaths were proportional to those in other countries.Nasser Al Khater criticises journalists' focus on the migrant worker's death "People need to look at death in a very scient...
But that figure hasn’t been discussed publicly by Qatari officials previously. Reports from the Supreme Committee dating from 2014 through the end of 2021 only include the number of deaths of workers involved in building and refurbishing the stadiums now hosting the World Cup. Those released figu...
"I have nothing to do with the workers. I think that's an issue the government – if there's a problem – should pick up. Hopefully, these things will be resolved." Asked whether she was concerned, she then added: "Yes, but I'm more concerned about the deaths in Iraq as well, s...
"There have been thousands of unexplained deaths of migrant workers in Qatar during the last decade, labour reforms while welcome are still extremely patchy, and LGBTI rights are non-existent and threaten to remain so after the World Cup has come and gone from Qatar," said Amnesty International...
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On the other extreme, the Qatari authorities have reported a total of 38 deaths on construction projects related to the World Cup since it was awarded the event. From these, 35 have been categorised as 'non-work-related'. The majority of deaths among migrant workers in general are ...
“The evidence uncovered is clear proof of the use of systematic forced labour in Qatar,” said Aidan McQuade, director of Anti-Slavery International. “In fact, these working conditions and the astonishing number of deaths of vulnerable workers go beyond forced labour to the slavery of old wh...
Felix Jakens from Amnesty International raises questions about the host authorities' reporting of migrant worker deaths during construction of World Cup stadiums in Qatar. He said: "Around 6,000 migrant workers have died since 2010 but the Qatari authorities only claim that three people have ...
Image:Lusail Stadium will host the World Cup final. Pic: AP 'Be respectful of culture' Although World Cup organisers insist there have only been three work-related deaths at stadiums, concerns linger that more migrant workers died on wider infrastructure work across Qat...
The Guardian reported last year that 6,500 South Asian migrant workers have died in Qatar since the country was awarded the World Cup in 2010, most of whom were involved in low-wage, dangerous labor, often undertaken in extreme heat. The report did not connect all 6,500 deaths with Wo...