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| Amnesty: Qatar 'still failing' migrant workers | Amnesty: Qatar 'still failing' migrant workers |
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| Qatar has made little progress improving migrant workers' rights, despite promises to do so, the rights group Amnesty International has said. | Qatar has made little progress improving migrant workers' rights, despite promises to do so, the rights group Amnesty International has said. |
| The working and housing conditions of migrant construction workers have been heavily criticised. | The working and housing conditions of migrant construction workers have been heavily criticised. |
| Amnesty has been monitoring conditions in the run up the 2022 World Cup but says progress has been limited in some areas, non-existent in others. | Amnesty has been monitoring conditions in the run up the 2022 World Cup but says progress has been limited in some areas, non-existent in others. |
| Qatar insists major changes will be in place by the end of the year. | Qatar insists major changes will be in place by the end of the year. |
| The report comes as two sponsors of the football tournament, Visa and Coca-Cola, voiced concerns over migrants workers' rights. | The report comes as two sponsors of the football tournament, Visa and Coca-Cola, voiced concerns over migrants workers' rights. |
| An estimated 1.5 million migrants work in Qatar, many on the construction boom fuelled by Qatar's successful bid to host the World Cup. | An estimated 1.5 million migrants work in Qatar, many on the construction boom fuelled by Qatar's successful bid to host the World Cup. |
| 'Public relations stunt' | 'Public relations stunt' |
| In its report, Amnesty says a promise from Qatar last year to change the system under which workers have to seek permission from their employers to leave the country or change jobs has not been met. | In its report, Amnesty says a promise from Qatar last year to change the system under which workers have to seek permission from their employers to leave the country or change jobs has not been met. |
| It says the one change to labour laws that has been brought, a wage protection system to ensure workers are properly paid, is being implemented slowly. | It says the one change to labour laws that has been brought, a wage protection system to ensure workers are properly paid, is being implemented slowly. |
| One migrant told Amnesty he had not been paid since arriving in Qatar five months ago. | One migrant told Amnesty he had not been paid since arriving in Qatar five months ago. |
| "I just want to work and earn some money for my wife and children, but because of my sponsor I can't change jobs," he said. | "I just want to work and earn some money for my wife and children, but because of my sponsor I can't change jobs," he said. |
| "Qatar is failing migrant workers," said Mustafa Qadri, Amnesty's Gulf migrant rights researcher. | "Qatar is failing migrant workers," said Mustafa Qadri, Amnesty's Gulf migrant rights researcher. |
| "Without prompt action, the pledges Qatar made last year are at serious risk of being dismissed as a mere public relations stunt to ensure the Gulf state can cling on to the 2022 World Cup." | "Without prompt action, the pledges Qatar made last year are at serious risk of being dismissed as a mere public relations stunt to ensure the Gulf state can cling on to the 2022 World Cup." |
| The report said football's governing body Fifa had a "clear responsibility" to put pressure on Qatar to do more. | The report said football's governing body Fifa had a "clear responsibility" to put pressure on Qatar to do more. |
| But Qatar's Labour Minister, Abdullah al-Kulaifi, said the Gulf state was using the World Cup as a catalyst for change, and was 90% sure the amendments to labour laws would come in by the end of this year. | |
| Meanwhile, sponsor Visa said it had expressed "grave concern" to Fifa over workers' conditions, while Coca-Cola said it "does not condone human rights abuses''. | |
| Journalists attempting to report on migrant workers in Qatar have been detained - including the BBC's Mark Lobel. | Journalists attempting to report on migrant workers in Qatar have been detained - including the BBC's Mark Lobel. |