News: Qatar's World Cup to take more lives than 9/11

Sorbet

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"Qatar is a country without a conscience," begins the International Trade Union Confederation's recent report on the working and living conditions of the 1.4 million migrant workers living in Qatar, many of whom are there to build stadiums and infrastructure for the 2022 World Cup.

The ITUC estimates that 4,000 migrant workers will die before the 2022 World Cup, an estimate based on mortality trends previously reported by embassies within the country. For example:

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191 Nepalese workers died in 2013 working in Qatar compared with 169 in 2012 based on Nepal Government figures. 400 Nepalese workers have died since 2010 when Qatar won the right to host the World Cup.

218 Indian nationals died in 2013 working in Qatar according to figures form the Indian Embassy in Qatar. 237 workers died in 2012 and 239 in 2011. On average, about 20 Indian migrants died per month in 2013, peaking at 27 in the hottest month, August.

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The ITUC concludes that the principal cause of all of these deaths is the horrible working conditions that migrant workers suffer through every day, and the report doesn't skimp on detail. It's full of first-person accounts from migrant workers that add a human face to impersonal figures.

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Worse yet, the ITUC concludes that Qatar's recent efforts to improve the working and living conditions of its migrant work force are a sham. In the last year, Qatar set forth two charters—the Qatar Foundation Mandatory Standards (QFMS) and the Supreme Committee Workers' Welfare Standards (SCWWS)—that were supposed to ensure that migrant workers were treated properly and afforded basic human rights. It seems, though, that both charters are completely toothless and unenforceable.

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Maiko

what the hell.

RihannasVeryOwn

What a misleading title
Nobody's dying

Sorbet

Oh mess, I misquoted. There was nothing misleading about the title tho, it's all in the full article I put in the source

Miley Cyrus

The title

Chrome

Still confused as to why it was held in Qatar in the first place.

Maiko

im not here for the emirates in general. but w/e.

Scorpio

nnnn;;;; Sorbet literally messing with y'all.

Kamil24

I thought Qatar was well off because of oil.

Sorbet

Gah, let me tidy the OP a bit then for you stupids

PromKing

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Originally posted by Chrome

Still confused as to why it was held in Qatar in the first place.

Why wont it be?

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Originally posted by maiko

im not here for the emirates in general. but w/e.

Smh, open up a map or Google ... those are 2 different countries.

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Originally posted by Kamil24

I thought Qatar was well off because of oil.

They are, among other things.

No where does it say that they died because, for, working on on this project.

An article with that title is totally not biased and trying to make Qatar look bad, at all...

Quietly Trek

It's not like Qatar is the only country with poor working conditions for blue-collar workers.