"For Nepali Migrant Workers, the 2022 Fifa World Cup in Qatar is a Game of Death", 15 March 2015

Several thousand migrant workers from India and Nepal have died in Qatar since the country was controversially awarded the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Last year in Qatar, a migrant worker from Nepal died every two days...Three months ago, Qatar promised to investigate the causes of the rising number of deaths among migrant workers, and to introduce new laws in early 2015 to protect workers better, including reforms to its Kafala system – a state-sponsored system by which a worker is tied indefinitely to his Qatari employer, restricting the laborer's movements. Over the past two years, however, despite promises to the contrary, Qatar has not published or collected statistics about deaths or injuries among migrant workers. As a result, many fear Qatar's latest promises are also empty. Three months ago, Qatar promised to investigate the causes of the rising number of deaths among migrant workers, and to introduce new laws in early 2015 to protect workers better, including reforms to its Kafala system – a state-sponsored system by which a worker is tied indefinitely to his Qatari employer, restricting the laborer's movements. Over the past two years, however, despite promises to the contrary, Qatar has not published or collected statistics about deaths or injuries among migrant workers. As a result, many fear Qatar's latest promises are also empty...