4 hours agoWorld Cup 2022: More than 6500 immigrant workers dead in Qatar
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)More than 6 thousand and 500 immigrant workers from India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka have died in Qatar since it gained the right to organise the World Cup 10 years ago, the newspaper The Guardian revealed. These findings, made after government records, imply that on average 12 immigrant workers from [...]
These findings, made after government records, imply that, on average, 12 immigrant workers from these five Asian states have died every week since December 2010, when the streets of Doha in Qatar were filled with happy crowds for their country's World Cup victory.
Data from India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka have shown that there were 5927 deaths of immigrant workers in 2011-2020. Divided by them, Pakistan's embassy in Qatar has reported another 824 deaths of Pakistani workers between 2010 and 2020, Periscope follows.
Total death figures are much higher because it does not include the number of countries that have sent many workers to Qatar, including the Philippines and Kenya.
In the past 10 years, Qatar has launched an unprecedented construction programme as preparation for the football tournament, which is expected to begin in 2022. In addition to the seven new stadiums, dozens of new major projects have been completed, including new airports, roads, public transportation systems, hotels and a town completely new. /Periscope
