FIFA/Qatar: Commit to Compensate Abused Migrant Workers

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Migrant workers gather on “Bank Street,” in downtown Doha, where many workers wire remittance money to their families in their home countries. “Bank Street,” as it is known by the workers, is less than a five-minute walk from Doha’s sweeping waterfront Corniche. © 2011 Sam Tarling (Beirut) – FIFA and Qatari authorities should leverage the country’s existing migrant worker compensation systems to establish a comprehensive remedy program for workers who suffered serious harms, including deaths, injuries, and wage theft, Human Rights Watch said today. When the Fédération…

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