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Taste has expelled dozens of foreign workers who participated in a protest to claim unpaid wages, less than three months before the World Cup to be held in that country, reported Monday a British NGO.
The Qatari authorities, regularly criticized by international organizations for the treatment of hundreds of thousands of workers who have come mainly from Asia to build the infrastructure of the World Cup 2022confirmed the arrests, but refused to say whether he had expelled them.
Mass protest of workers
In a demonstration on August 14, at least 60 workers – some of whom had not been paid for up to seven months – blocked movement outside the Al Bandary company in Doha, Equidem, a consultancy for human rights and employment rights based in London.
We have spoken with workers who demonstrated and with one of them who was expelled to Nepal.
“We have spoken with workers who demonstrated and with one of them who was expelled to Nepal. We have confirmed that he had returned to his country and that others from Nepal, Bangladesh, India, Egypt and the Philippines had also been expelled,” the executive director said. of Equidem, Mustafa Qadri.
The Qatari government admitted on Sunday that “a minority” of non-peaceful protesters who had “broken the laws” risked “expulsion” from the country.
Qatar in the spotlight
The Ministry of Laborfor its part, stated that it paid the wages of Al Bandary workers, without giving further details, and that “measures” had been taken against the company, which was already being investigated for non-payment of wages.
The start of the World Cup is scheduled for November 20. Doha He assures that he has taken measures to improve the conditions of foreign workers, such as a minimum wage and the prohibition of employers from preventing their employees from leaving the country or changing jobs.
Human rights groups have called on the FIFA to compensate workers.
AFP
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