Qatar 2022: Migrant workers who made the World Cup possible sent home before kickoff & kept away from worksites without pay
Summary
Date Reported: 24 Nov 2022
Location: Qatar
Other
Not Reported ( Construction ) - EmployerAffected
Total individuals affected: 1
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 1 - Bangladesh , Construction , Gender not reported )Issues
Wage Theft , Restricted mobilityResponse
Response sought: No
Action taken: None reported.
Source type: News outlet
"Inside Qatar’s ‘other’ fan zone: a night watching football with Qatar’s migrant workers"، 24 Nov 2022
Unable to go to the stadiums they helped build, hundreds of migrant workers gather in a cricket stadium in the desert outside Doha to celebrate the beautiful game...
The fan zone, and Asian Town itself, highlight the parallel lives that many migrant workers inhabit. Critics say it entrenches divisions, the unspoken message being: you can have your restaurants, shops and fan zone, as long as you don’t come to ours....
Mandal, a mason, is just happy to be there. Before the World Cup began, 350 of his workmates were ordered home, as his company, like many others, wound down its work on instructions from the government...
In the stands, Mohammed Malik from Bangladesh says he comes to watch the matches every day. He has nothing better to do. “My company stopped sending us to work because we can’t access our worksite during the World Cup. They’ve stopped paying us too,” says the 42-year-old carpenter.