“While FIFA has recognized that it must address the issue of reparations to the workers who suffered to make the 2022 World Cup possibleit is more than clear that muchs Thousands of workers have been unable to obtain compensation for the horrific related abuses” with the tournamentAI’s Economic and Social Justice Program Director Steve Cockburn said in a statement.
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FIFA assumed at the organization’s annual congress held today in Kigali the commitment to carry out a review to determine if existing resources are sufficient to repair the abuses suffered by thousands of workers who helped organize the World Cup.
“FIFA you shouldn’t delay your repair claims with lengthy examination. The workers have already waited too long for justice be done“, said the person in charge of AI.
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Likewise, the organization announced that in recent years, together with other NGOs, the treatment of migrant workers in the Gulf country, welcomed with “satisfaction the efforts of the national football associations that have defended the workers rights and have reminded FIFA of its own human rights commitments.”
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The World Cup in Qatar was embroiled in controversy after information came to light about the treatment offered to migrant workers who built the infrastructure, amid accusations of non-payment, abusive contracts and harsh working conditions in blistering temperatures.
Estimates vary and are not clearbut an investigation by the British newspaper The Guardian revealed at the beginning of 2021 that some 6,500 workers died due to the subhuman conditions to which they were subjected.
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