Qatar official estimates migrant worker deaths ahead of World Cup between 400 and 500.
Morgan had asked for "the honest, realistic total" of migrant workers who had died in the course of contributing to projects somehow related to the World Cup.
"Separate quotes regarding figures refer to national statistics covering the period of 2014-2020 for all work-related fatalities nationwide in Qatar, covering all sectors and nationalities," a Supreme Committee spokesman said in an email. Hassan al-Thawadi at the World Cup in November. The supreme committee has received criticism on several fronts including the treatment of migrant workers.Al-Thawadi added in the interview that “one death is a death too many, plain and simple,” and pointed to improvements in health and safety and other social reforms in the last decade, including the scrapping of the punitive kafala system, still widely used across the Middle East, where immigrants hand over passports to employers.
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Qatar says worker deaths for World Cup ‘between 400 and 500’A top Qatari official involved in the country’s World Cup organization has put the number of worker deaths for the tournament 'between 400 and 500' for the first time, a drastically higher number than any other previously offered by Doha.
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Qatar says worker deaths for World Cup 'between 400 and 500'A top Qatari official involved in the country's World Cup organization has put the number of worker deaths for the tournament “between 400 and 500” for the first time, a drastically higher number than any other previously offered by Doha. The comment by Hassan al-Thawadi, the secretary-general of Qatar's Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy, appeared to come off the cuff during an interview with British journalist Piers Morgan. It also threatened to reinvigorate criticism by human rights groups over the toll of hosting the Middle East's first World Cup for the migrant labor that built over $200 billion worth of stadiums, metro lines and new infrastructure needed for the tournament.
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Qatar says worker deaths for World Cup 'between 400 and 500'A top Qatari official involved in the country's World Cup organization has put the number of worker deaths for the tournament “between 400 and 500” for the first time, a drastically higher number than any other previously offered by Doha.
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Qatar acknowledges 'between 400 and 500' workers died preparing for World CupThe comment by a top Qatari official marks a drastically higher number than any other previously offered by Doha.
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Qatar says worker deaths for World Cup 'between 400 and 500'A top Qatari official involved in preparing his country’s hosting of the World Cup has put the number of worker deaths for the tournament “between 400 and 500” for the first time.
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Qatar official estimates World Cup worker deaths ‘between 400 and 500’Qatari official puts the number of World Cup worker deaths “between 400 and 500,' a drastically higher number than any other previously offered by Doha, the AP reports.
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