"World Cup: Brazil coach Tite supports compensation fund for migrant workers," 27 Sep 2022

Brazil coach Tite has expressed his support for a compensation fund for migrant workers who suffered human rights and labour abuses in the run-up to the World Cup in Qatar.

Speaking on the eve of his team’s last friendly before the global finals against Tunisia in the French capital Paris, Tite said: "I would always like that there is greater social equality. I will support a movement for great social equality, not just in Qatar, but everywhere...

"... For the human side. I will support it, support it. … In relation to the fund? As well.”...

[Tite becomes] one of the few World Cup-bound coaches to back the call for a remediation fund for workers and their families who toiled and suffered in Doha. Earlier this year a coalition of Human Rights groups called on FIFA and Qatar to compensate migrant workers with the #PayUpFIFA campaign, demanding a fund of $440 million, the equivalent of the prize money that will be on offer during the World Cup...

[Also refers to Dutch, German and Norwegian football associations]