Qatar's population is increasing by 20 people every hour. Most of those arriving in the country are low-income construction workers from Asia. These migrant workers have been recruited to help build massive projects worth up to US$220 billion, as part of Qatar's drive to create a regional and global hub. Many of these projects will contribute, directly or indirectly, to the staging of the 2022 World cup.
This news video was produced to coincide with the Amnesty International report, The Dark Side of Migration: Spotlight on Qatar's construction sector ahead of the World Cup. It looks at how a permissive legal framework and complex contractual chains in Qatar allows unscrupulous employers to exploit and abuse migrant workers - in some cases amounting to forced labour.
Please take a moment to view this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVPiZsEKFv4
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