General Article Qatar World Cup workers suffered ‘human rights abuses’, new Amnesty report finds

Topic Selected: Human Rights Book Volume: 442

The investigation showed a ‘pattern of abuses against migrant workers’ and accused FIFA of failing to investigate the issue, writes Miguel Delaney

Hundreds of security guards and marshals at the Qatar World Cup went unpaid for long working periods without days off, before being forced out of the country when the tournament ended, a new Amnesty International investigation has found. Some did not earn enough to pay off the loan required for recruitment costs.

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