Of Qatar's 2.9 million inhabitants, only a few hundred thousand are Qatari citizens.
The rest are foreign migrant workers.
And precisely their working conditions are something that has been strongly questioned in recent years.
- It's modern slave trade, says Byggnad chairman Johan Lindholm in SVT's documentary "World Cup in Qatar - a story edged with criticism" which was released this week on SVT Play.
Shall negotiate with the regime
Now Lindholm has given up hope of getting the international football association Fifa's help in the work to establish an aid center for the migrant workers in Qatar.
On Sunday, he travels to Zurich, Switzerland, to negotiate directly with the Qatari regime together with BWI.
- For a long time, we have tried to get Fifa to stand behind this demand for a migrant center.
And we have not succeeded in that.
We would have liked to have Fifa with us at this negotiating table, says Lindholm.
Slave-like conditions
Byggnads has been on site in Qatar since 2013 to check the working environment for those who worked to build up the infrastructure for the championship.
Migrant workers have testified to almost slave-like working conditions, and according to Byggnads, even life-threatening deficiencies have been noted that would never have been accepted in Swedish workplaces.
A help center would create a place to go to get help and guidance on security and legal issues, for example.
Johan Lindholm hardly tries to hide his irritation with Fifa.
- The truth is that they haven't actually done a damn thing.
Infantino has not even bothered to meet with any workers' representatives, and it has been offered several times.
"The shovel must be in the ground"
SVT Sport has previously applied to Fifa for an interview, but they have chosen to respond via email.
The organization writes that it worked for the introduction of broader labor reforms that will apply to all companies and projects in Qatar.
"FIFA does not accept any exploitation of workers within the companies hired to prepare and organize the football World Cup 2022," it writes.
Lindholm hopes that Sunday's negotiations will yield results, and that an assistance center will be in the starting pits already before the WC premiere on November 20.
- The shovel must be in the ground.
It has to go to the workshop now.
DOCUMENTARY: See "World Cup in Qatar - a history fringed with criticism"
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World Cup in Qatar – A history fringed with criticism