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English FA's response re Amnesty Intl.'s poll on remediation of migrant workers & FAs' involvement
- The FA believes that any injury or death should be compensated and is supportive of the creation of a Migrant Workers Centre. Our position remains that we are stronger as a collective group of national federations, rather than all having individual approaches on such an important matter
- This is why FA CEO Mark Bullingham is part of the UEFA Working Group, which has submitted its proposals to FIFA as a collective. This group has clearly agreed that: a) any injury or death should be compensated and b) that it is supportive of the creation of a Migrant Workers Centre
- This was made public on 29 June: https://www.uefa.com/insideuefa/news/0276-1581118497d3-9d582f9c5e94-1000--uefa-working-group-returns-to-qatar-five-months-ahead-of-the-fi/
- We are awaiting next steps from FIFA and the Qatar Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy on these two points as they examine compensation mechanisms and the concept of the Centre in detail
- It’s also worth noting that The Athletic recently reported that The FA is pushing for the creation of a compensation fund: https://theathletic.com/3505641/2022/08/15/ornstein-column-xhaka-jesus-arsenal-edwards-chelsea/
- Within this it also notes the following from the president of the Norwegian FA: FA chief executive Mark Bullingham has been praised as one of the most forthright voices pushing the issue. Speaking at an event organised by Human Rights Watch, which is calling for a migrant compensation fund itself, Lise Klaveness, president of the Norwegian FA said: “There are very good leaders that try to work (for change) on the inside. We have England, for example. I view them as a very constructive federation. Their CEO is a very high-level participant in the meetings.”
- We will provide a further public update in due course