Kafala

World Cup workers: Beatings, jail and deportation

Threats of rape. Jailed for asking your employer to pay the promised salary. Beatings. Migrants working on World Cup projects tell stories of horrific abuse.

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13 July, 2023

Editorial – Josimar International Edition

Politicians, leading academics and international trade unions have praised Qatar for its reforms since they were given the hosting rights to the 2022 World Cup in 2010, following a corrupt process. But how are things really on the ground?

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26 October, 2022

“They say we have to pay 4500 riyals to change employer”

A company directly and heavily involved with the World Cup in Qatar, with thousands of employees, is blackmailing its workers.

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23 September, 2022

Kafala

World Cup workers: Beatings, jail and deportation

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Editorial – Josimar International Edition

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“They say we have to pay 4500 riyals to change employer”

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Saved by the Pope

“Everyone who hears the name is afraid”

Guilt by association

“You play like wild pigs”