Turkey’s Limak Holding used undocumented foreign workers at Barcelona’s Camp Nou renovation site and dismissed at least 14 of them, according to Spanish and Turkish union reports.

...reported about 50 undocumented Turkish workers on the site...

Fourteen workers were fired in early November by subcontractor Extreme Works, which is linked to Limak, after they sought union support and took part in protests, CCOO said...

...worker testimony claiming that an earlier inspection uncovered as many as 450 undocumented laborers from Turkey, Morocco, Pakistan and several South American countries.

Workers described long hours, unpaid overtime and crowded housing conditions.

Emre Akkuş, a Turkish electrician who says he was fired after joining a work stoppage, told BirGün that many workers started their jobs the day they arrived in Barcelona without contracts or safety briefings.

He said monthly hours often reached 250 to 300, which exceeds Spanish legal limits, and that subcontractors placed workers in overcrowded company housing.

Workers also said expired tourist visas prevented them from returning home for family emergencies and left them dependent on subcontractors for housing and legal status.

The Camp Nou project uses a multi-layered subcontracting chain that includes Turkey-based Extreme İşler and Lithuania-registered Extreme Works...

Limak is a major Turkish construction conglomerate…

FC Barcelona has said it works with Limak to ensure compliance with labor law and that subcontractors are directly responsible for workers’ conditions, but it has not addressed the specific allegations about undocumented labor and long hours...

Dismissed workers are protesting near the stadium demanding reinstatement, unpaid wages and full registration in Spain’s social security system...