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#Qatar is failing to investigate the sudden deaths of hundreds of migrant workers. Hundreds of labourers in the World Cup host nation die each year, with the majority of the fatalities attributed to heart attacks or “natural causes” by Qatari authorities theguardian.com/global-develop…
This summer, hundreds of thousands of migrant workers toiled in temperatures of up to 45C for up to 10 hours a day as #Qatar’s construction boom hit its peak ahead of the Fifa World Cup 2022. theguardian.com/global-develop…
“At least 1,025 Nepalis died in Qatar between 2012 and 2017, 676 of them from causes deemed to be natural. The causes included cardiac arrest, heart attack, respiratory failure and “sickness”, according to a number of official sources...”
Data from the Indian government reveals that 1,678 Indians died in Qatar between 2012 and August 2018. Of these deaths, 1,345 were classified as “natural” – a rate of four each week
“#Qatar’s construction boom ahead of the 2022 Fifa World Cup has seen the country’s migrant worker population rise to 1.9m,many of these young men from Nepal,India,Bangladesh & Pakistan who travel to the country to build stadiums,roads & hotels that will service the tournament.”
