Decryption

Qatar: a World Cup at what price?

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Workers on the lawn of the Al-Bayt stadium in Doha, the capital of Qatar, which will host the FIFA World Cup in 2022. GIUSEPPE CACACE / AFP

By: Anne Corpet Follow

1 min

The kick-off of the next FIFA World Cup will be given on November 21, 2022. And it is Qatar that will host the event, a first in the Middle East.

Eight stadiums will host the competition, six of which have just been built, each one more majestic than the other, all air-conditioned.

But the workers who worked on these sites did not benefit from the air conditioning.

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More than 35,000 migrants built the sports arenas, but also infrastructures in hellish conditions, until under international pressure, the Emirate decided to implement some reforms to improve their lot.

They came into force late, and many abuses remain.

According to a resounding investigation by the Guardian, more than 6,500 migrants from five Asian countries have died in Qatar since 2010 last year, or around 12 workers per week.

Today, Décryptage lifts the impeccable lawn of Qatari stadiums to focus on the fate of those who built them.

With

Quentin Müller

, freelance journalist, he has carried out several surveys on the living conditions of Asian and African workers in Qatar, author of a book to be published

(Marchialy editions). 

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