2022 FIFA World Cup:  A look into Qatar's alleged human rights violations

Qatar has constructed seven stadiums for the FIFA World Cup, as well as a new airport, metro system, road network, and over 100 new hotels. A town has been built from around stadium that will stage the final match.

The Qatari government claims that 30,000 foreign workers were employed solely to construct the stadiums. The majority of them are from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and the Philippines.

The Guardian reported in February 2021 that 6,500 migrant labourers from India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka had killed in Qatar since the country clinched the World Cup bid. The figure is based on information submitted by the embassies of the nations in Qatar.

Amnesty International charged Qatari corporations of employing forced labour in 2016. It claimed that many workers resided in disgusting conditions, were compelled to pay exorbitant recruitment costs, had their income withheld, and their passports seized.

Human Rights Watch, meanwhile, stated in a 2021 report that foreign employees were still subjected to "punitive and illegal wage deductions" and suffered "months of unpaid wages for long hours of gruelling work."

Qatari businesses used to adopt a scheme known as "kafala," in which they supported foreign workers to come to the nation but then blocked them from leaving.

Under pressure from organizations such as the ILO, Qatar's government prohibited the practice, although Amnesty International reports that employers continue to apply pressure on workers to prevent them from moving jobs.

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