Fifa president Gianni Infantino received the Qatar report in December 2023, but still hasn’t released it. Not even Fifa council members have seen the report.
By Sam Kunti
In December 2023, Fifa received the long awaited Qatar report from the advisory firm Human Level. In March, Fifa told several stakeholders that the Qatar report would be made public in April. But twenty months after the World Cup, the report remains buried in the highest echelons of Fifa’s fortress in Zürich. Not even the members of the Fifa council have seen or read the long-awaited report.
In Qatar, migrant workers are still enduring repressive labour conditions. Earlier this month, Daniel* from Kenya, a security guard at Al Nasr Star Security Services, went on strike with dozens and dozens of co-workers because his salary had not been paid. He explains: “Our location is Hamad International Airport where you may find that the A/C is too cold. The company does not even provide jackets. I don’t have health coverage. The company doesn’t provide food. You are paid cash and the company deducts for violations. You are caught not neatly dressed and it becomes a violation. The strike was about airing out our issues.”
Daniel says he signed a contract for a salary of 6,500 Qatari riyals (1615 euro), but on arrival in Doha, a new contract slashed that salary to 1600 Qatari riyals (a little less than 400 euro). On the eve of the 2022 World Cup, The Guardian reported that marshalls and security guards of Al Nasr Star Security Services at Al Bidda Park – near Doha’s Corniche area – wer...
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