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Article

18 Dec 2021

Author:
Michael Page - Deputy Director, Middle East and North Africa Division (HRW)

FIFA and Qatar Need to Do More for Migrant Workers

In less than a year, Qatar will host the FIFA 2022 World Cup.

The tournament’s final match will be held in the glittering new Lusail Stadium on December 18, 2022, which in a twist of fate also happens to be International Migrants Day...

But these migrant workers are vulnerable to a range of abuses... While the country has introduced a number of reforms with much fanfare, they have proven to be woefully inadequate in shifting the balance of power to workers and are poorly enforced...

To mark both International Migrants Day and the one-year countdown to the World Cup final, this December 18, Human Rights Watch is releasing a Question-and-Answer (Q&A) document that outlines how Qatar has failed to deliver on its reform promises and just how much work is still needed.