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The new slaves
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nairiporter.livejournal.comI know, posting on an issue that has just been discussed a few days earlier might be interpreted as a cheap attempt for rebuttal, but I'd rather view it as a follow-up if you don't mind. Yes, the issue is again slavery. More specifically, modern-day slavery in Qatar, the small but super-ambitious Gulf emirate that has won the right to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Revealed: Qatar's World Cup 'slaves'
Many out of more than a million guest workers, mainly from Asia, are crammed in vast residence complexes in the outskirts of Doha. They are forced to live in degrading conditions: clogged toilets, horrible hygiene, dirt everywhere, often more than a dozen people packed in the same room, without bed-linen or a washing-machine, or hot water, etc.
The guest workers cannot rely on medical treatment because their passports are immediately seized upon entry in Qatar. And this makes them completely dependent on their employer. The promised salaries vary around 250 euro per month plus extra 60 euro for food. But in reality they are paid less than 190 euro. People are growing angry, but what can they do? Once they have stepped on Qatari territory, they practically relinquish their civil rights.
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Revealed: Qatar's World Cup 'slaves'
Many out of more than a million guest workers, mainly from Asia, are crammed in vast residence complexes in the outskirts of Doha. They are forced to live in degrading conditions: clogged toilets, horrible hygiene, dirt everywhere, often more than a dozen people packed in the same room, without bed-linen or a washing-machine, or hot water, etc.
The guest workers cannot rely on medical treatment because their passports are immediately seized upon entry in Qatar. And this makes them completely dependent on their employer. The promised salaries vary around 250 euro per month plus extra 60 euro for food. But in reality they are paid less than 190 euro. People are growing angry, but what can they do? Once they have stepped on Qatari territory, they practically relinquish their civil rights.
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