As the 2022 World Cup comes to a close, global rights organizations have renewed criticism of Qatar and FIFA over the treatment of thousands of migrant workers who built stadiums and tournament infrastructure.
The World Cup final on Sunday coincides with both International Migrants Day and Qatar National Day. “However good the football has often been, the tournament has come at a heavy cost for hundreds of thousands of workers who have paid illegal recruitment fees, had wages stolen or even lost their lives,” Amnesty International’s head of economic and social justice Steve Cockburn said in a statement to CNN. He added that workers and their families “deserved compensation” from the authorities.
president Gianni Infantino on Friday praised organizers and volunteers for staging the “best World Cup ever” – but critics have said his comment ignored the sacrifices of migrant workers, often subjected to harsh and squalid living and working conditions. Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Equidem and Migrant Defenders and other groups have all called on Qatar and
has also been criticized by Ukraine’s presidential office for refusing to show a peace message from President Volodymyr Zelensky ahead of the final. “
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