FIFA-Qatar World Cup 2022: Suffering, Human rights abuses and deaths- the story of migrant workers in Qatar
‘we don’t know what to do…. we are heading to seven months without salary’-This is the story of Daniel, one of the migrant workers working on a World Cup stadium in Qatar. Daniel is among more than 100 migrant workers in Qatar who have not received their salaries for the past 7 months. With less than 6 moths to the Word Cup, migrant workers in Qatar say they have no day off, as they work day and night to make the 2022 world Cup a reality.
Amnesty International has recorded several human rights cases of abuse among migrant employees working at Qatar Meta Coats (QMC).
Among the several workers interviewed, some said they do not have any day off to rest and they are forced to work long hours under threats of pay cuts. For example, security guards told Amnesty International that the...