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  2. Nov 16, 2022 · The widely reported figure of 15,021 migrant worker deaths in connection with the World Cup in Qatar originates in a 2021 Amnesty International report. Just as widely reported is the figure...

    • How Many Workers Died Building Qatar World Cup Stadiums?
    • Why Did Workers Die Building World Cup Stadiums?
    • Why World Cup Stadium Deaths Involved Migrants
    • What Have FIFA and Qatar Said About Migrant Worker Deaths?

    According to Qatari officials, there were "between 400 and 50" deaths among workers at World Cup stadium construction sites. That is actually a higher total also than the Qatari's themselves first put forward. Initially, officials cited a number of only 37, but in the middle of the tournament, on November 29, World Cup chief Hassan Al-Thawadi in an...

    The Qatari government stated earlier this year that only three of the 37 deaths they first put forward as the number for migrant workers building World Cup stadiums between 2014 and 2020 were work related — as per their own official records. However in 2021, Amnesty Internationalaccused the Qatari government of attributing deaths to natural causes ...

    With huge amounts of infrastructure needing to be built for Qatar to host World Cup 2022, the Gulf nation has employed thousands of migrant workers to help with the construction. Seven stadiums needed to be built for the event from scratch, while a new airport, new metro system, a series of roads and around 100 hotels have also been erected. A new ...

    In May 2022, FIFA president Gianni Infantino chose not to dispute the number of migrant workers who had died in Qatar and instead stated that those building the stadiums gained pride from hard work. "Let's not forget one thing... when we speak about this topic, which is work, even hard work, tough work," Infantino said, as quoted by AP. "America is...

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  3. Nov 9, 2022 · In February 2021, the Guardian said 6,500 migrant workers from India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka had died in Qatar since it won its World Cup bid. The number is based on...

  4. Nov 9, 2022 · In February 2021, the Guardian said 6,500 migrant workers from India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka had died in Qatar since it won its World Cup bid.

  5. Nov 29, 2022 · A top Qatari official involved in the country’s World Cup organisation has put the number of worker deaths for the tournament “between 400 and 500” for the first time, a drastically higher number...

  6. Dec 2, 2022 · In 2021, The Guardian reported that at least 6,500 migrant workers died in Qatar since it won the right to host the World Cup a decade ago.

  7. Nov 27, 2022 · This year’s tournament has been dominated by off-field matters. We look at the issues around the labor used to build the tournament’s infrastructure

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