Report: Migrant workers constructing stadiums for the upcoming FIFA World Cup continue to endure labor exploitation and human rights violations despite recent reforms in Qatar.
Report: Violations of workers' rights at FIFA World Cup stadiums continue
The report found violations at the stadiums included"illegal recruitment charges, nationality-based discrimination, unpaid wages, exposure to extreme heat and other health and safety risks, overwork and workplace violence." Asked about the report, FIFA said it was in contact with Qatari counterparts"to assess the information" in the Equidem report.
"We did not get the salary that we were promised, and, the work, that was also different than what we were told," Adhikari said through an interpreter at a virtual news conference Thursday hosted by Equidem. "It was because of football and the stadium that I went to Qatar to work," he said."Despite the pain, I will of course watch football and the World Cup."Equidem is calling on Qatar to enforce international minimum standards for migrant workers in the years following the World Cup and for the establishment of a"Migrant Workers' Centre" to protect the rights of migrant workers.
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