Amnesty International says tens of thousands of migrant workers employed in building the infrastructure for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar are currently going unpaid, despite the Qatari government promising workers’ rights would improve.
The charity has produced a 52-page report, including anecdotal evidence and yet another who worked for five weeks without a day off – and without cover.
Qatar announced it would introduce a Workers’ Support and Insurance Fund to offer compensation to employees who had not been compensated.
Amnesty says almost a year after, the Finance remains unfunded and fresh.
The report’s figures reveal that more than 1,600 workers have submitted complaints to the Committees for the Settlement of Labour Disputes – none of whom have been paid compensation.
In reply, FIFA claims that it is working with the Qatar government to improve conditions, but points from the workers from Amnesty’s report are not directly focusing on World Cup places.
A FIFA spokesperson has told Sky Sports News:”FIFA and its partners involved with the preparation of this FIFA World Cup in Qatar take employees’ rights very badly as it has been acknowledged by different international organisations at the recent past.
“As confirmed by Amnesty International, the report doesn’t concern FIFA World Cup websites. The Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy has also confirmed that the builders referenced in the report have never been engaged on FIFA World Cup projects in Qatar.”
It comes following Amnesty made a report after a telephone poll where the charity spoke into 414 Nepali workers.
Qatar hosts roughly two million workers, but Amnesty says the authorities of the country constantly don’t fulfill global labour standards.
Amnesty has repeatedly called Qatar to abolish the violent”kafala” system, which joins employees to their employers for up to five years and averts some groups of employees – such as domestic employees – from leaving the country with their employers’ consent
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