FIFA challenged to pay $440m to Qatar workers, following concerns of human rights abuse

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4 years ago

May 20, 2022

Holly Stearnes

Many major Human rights groups are challenging sporting body FIFA to compensate migrant workers from Qatar, in a $440 million dollar payout

Human rights groups, including Amnesty International, are urging FIFA to compensate Qatar workers.

They allege the workers suffered human rights abuses in preparations for World Cup tournaments in the country.

They want FIFA to “establish a comprehensive program to ensure all labor abuses to which FIFA contributed are” rectified and prevented from happening again.

They want workers to be compensated back to when FIFA awarded hosting rights to Qatar in 2010. They allege the sporting body didn’t push for any improvement in labor protections.

The Government is Qatar has consistently been under fire for many years over its alleged human rights abuses. These include withholding pay and charging workers to change jobs.

Workers walk towards the construction site of the Lusail stadium which will be build for the upcoming 2022 Fifa soccer World Cup during a stadium tour in Doha, Qatar, December 20, 2019. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

For years @hrw has documented serious abuses migrant workers in Qatar have suffered. While migrants have been essential to delivering @FIFAWorldCup, @FIFAcom & Qatar have failed to remedy serious abuses. That's why we are launching the #PayUpFIFA campaign https://t.co/ixDWfUlyLk
— Michael Page (@MichaelARPage) May 19, 2022

FIFA says it has reimbursed a number of workers already and is assessing the “closure of all grievances associated with FIFA World Cup projects.”

The 2022 World Cup is scheduled between November 21 and December 18.

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