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Article

13 Feb 2012

Author:
Palash R. Ghosh, Intl. Business Times

Qatar: Persian Gulf Paradise a Nightmare for Migrant Workers

Qatar's success is largely based on the huge influx of migrant workers…However, underneath all the glitter and gold of Qatar's huge success, lurks a very dark and disturbing underbelly. Migrant workers from poor countries in South Asia and the Far East are underpaid, overworked, exploited and abused in Qatar…“Migrant workers in Qatar have no labor rights, wages are exploitative and occupational health and safety risks are extreme,” International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) general secretary Sharan Burrow said…"We asked the FIFA secretary general if they wanted their stadiums to be built by slave workers, by exploited labor," Ambet Yuson, general secretary of Building and Wood Workers International…[said] "Ninety-four percent of workers are migrants in Qatar. It's basically modern slavery…”