Qatar/FIFA: Reimburse Migrant Workers’ Recruitment Fees

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Parents of Ram Kishun Sahani, a Nepali migrant worker who died in Qatar. © 2022 Private (Beirut) – Many migrant workers paid exorbitant and illegal recruitment fees to make the 2022 World Cup in Qatar possible, Human Rights Watch said today. But FIFA and Qatari authorities have yet to commit to a remedy fund for serious abuses against migrant workers, including many workers in serious debt from paying these fees. “With 30 days left until the tournament, there is a slim window for FIFA and Qatari authorities to correct course and commit to remedying past abuses that…

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