World Cup workers face deportation from Qatar
Краткое изложение
Date Reported: 24 Янв 2023
Местонахождение: Катар
Компании
Festival Global Management - Other Value Chain Entity , Stark Security - Employer , FIFA - ClientПроекты
Qatar World Cup 2022 Unspecified Projects - ClientДругое
Government ( Государственные Учреждения ) - GovernmentЗатронуто
Total individuals affected: 1000
Мигранты и рабочие-иммигранты: ( Number unknown - Ближний Восток и Северная Африка , Охранные предприятия , Gender not reported ) , Мигранты и рабочие-иммигранты: ( Number unknown - Юго-Восточная Азия , Охранные предприятия , Gender not reported ) , Мигранты и рабочие-иммигранты: ( Number unknown - Африка , Охранные предприятия , Gender not reported )Темы
Запугивание и угрозы , Ограничение свободы выражения , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Dismissal , Wage Theft , Strikes and other work stoppages , Restricted mobility , Freedom of Assembly , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Access to Justice & Legal Protection , Internet AccessОтвет
Response sought: Yes, by Journalist & BHRRC
Story containing response: (Find out more)
Принятые меры: Stark Security, Festival Global and World Cup organisers the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy did not respond to request for comment. Business & Human Rights Resource Centre invited FIFA to respond to the allegations; their response can be read in full. In May 2023, the Telegraph reported that three workers remained in detention following their arrest for participating in the protests.
Вид источника: News outlet
Hundreds of migrant workers in Qatar employed as security guards during the World Cup at Fifa’s main media centre and other key sites face deportation after launching an unprecedented street protest in Doha on Sunday against mass sackings that followed the tournament.
The protest was the culmination of a long-running labour dispute involving workers sacked before the end of their six-month contracts to work at the World Cup. They were left without salary, bonuses and a place to live – forcing them to occupy their company accommodation.
Telegraph Sport has been told that around 400 workers formerly employed by Stark Security Services and Festival Global Management, which are based in Doha, hired buses to take them to protest at the offices of the latter in the West Bay area of the capital city. Police were summoned and arrests were made. Eye-witnesses have reported the workers being escorted to their accommodation to collect their belongings ahead of the deportation process.
The men from south-east Asia, Africa and the Middle East were recruited to work for Stark Security, chiefly guarding the Qatar National Convention Centre which housed Fifa’s media hub…
Stark Security were contacted on more than one occasion to comment but did not respond. The Supreme Organising Committee for the 2022 World Cup did not respond to requests to comment. A senior executive at Festival Global did not respond to messages.
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