A Bleak Look at the Life of Migrant Workers Building Qatar’s World Cup

A Bleak Look at the Life of Migrant Workers Building Qatar’s World Cup

ruckawriter:

nbcnews:

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Rage.

One of those situations that makes me feel so angry, so helpless, and so powerless, so of course those last two only drive the anger more. What can we do? And by “we”, I mean our government? The world’s governments? Anything?

(See what I mean about the helplessness and powerless?)

humanrightswatch:

Each year, around 15,000 migrant domestic workers arrive in the UK on short-term visas to work as cooks, cleaners, housekeepers and nannies for wealthy foreign families. Many of them are women from very poor backgrounds in countries like the Philippines, Morocco, India, Nigeria, Sri Lanka and Indonesia. Employers are often drawn from Gulf states, and stay in some of London’s most expensive neighbourhoods. Yet new research published this week by Human Rights Watch shows these workers are being subjected to very serious abuses.

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Report Finds 30 Million Slaves Around The World – International News – redOrbit

Report Finds 30 Million Slaves Around The World – International News – redOrbit

It’s Every Fan’s Job to Police FIFA and the Olympics Committee

It’s Every Fan’s Job to Police FIFA and the Olympics Committee

Amnesty International report yet another reminder that Qatar can be horrible, horrible place

Amnesty International report yet another reminder that Qatar can be horrible, horrible place

The Dark Side of Migration

ruckawriter:

Direct link to the Amnesty International report on Qatar’s labor practices in anticipation of the 2022 World Cup in PDF format for download.

The report is the product of three years’ investigation; certainly worth ten minutes to download and skim, if not a bit longer to read.

Slavery is alive and well in the 21st century, and it’s bringing you the World Cup in nine years. What are you going to do about it, futbol fans?

Hey Greg, have you seen The Guardian’s report on Nepalese workers slave work in Qatar working on the 2022 world cup?

ruckawriter:

Yeah.

It’s disgusting, but part of a longstanding problem in the region. Immigrant workers in Dubai have been brought over for years, essentially held hostage, forced to work as slave-labor, beaten or murdered when they try to collect their wages or leave; their communications back home are monitored and censored. And they’ve been dying on worksites, forced to labor without safety equipment or breaks.

It’s slavery. It’s nothing less than slavery, and it’s happening today, and it’s happening all over the world.

It’d be nice if we, as consumers/travelers, and as citizens of our nation holding our government accountable (ha!), could show our displeasure with more than mere words about this travesty. For now, however, like many, I am at a loss as to what that solution looks like, which makes it all the more frustrating.

Slavery.