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Article

5 Nov 2019

Author:
Jackson Cole, Talk Sport

The reason Liverpool have rejected five-star hotel in Qatar as base for FIFA Club World Cup

Liverpool have rejected a five-star hotel in Doha, Qatar, after discovering a number of human rights issues...

They were offered the Marsa Malaz Kempinski... but turned down the option to stay there due to its dubious past...

In October 2018, an investigation by the Guardian revealed that migrant workers employed by the Marsa Malaz Kempinski hotel were earning salaries below that of the minimum wage and were in breach of labour laws...

Liverpool’s decision to find alternative accommodation themselves is likely to increase the scrutiny on Qatar amid long-standing allegations of migrant worker abuse.