Amnesty said hundreds of thousands of migrant workers ‘suffered grievously’ while building state-of-the-art stadia and infrastructure, often in searing heat, to enable Qatar to host the FIFA men’s World Cup
FIFA came under pressure on Thursday to publish a long-awaited review into compensation for workers who helped to deliver the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
Amnesty said hundreds of thousands of migrant workers “suffered grievously” while building state-of-the-art stadia and infrastructure, often in searing heat, to enable Qatar to host a World Cup that FIFA president Gianni Infantino described at the best in tournament history. “This delay only prolongs the suffering of families who lost loved ones, and workers who were abused, while delivering FIFA’s flagship event,” Amnesty head of labor rights and sport Steve Cockburn said. “A commitment to remedying the abuses related to the last World Cup would be a vital step towards FIFA finally fulfilling its human rights responsibilities and could be life-changing for workers and their families.
The treatment of foreign workers, some of whom died in the process of delivering the tournament, was the focus of criticism for more than 10 years.
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