'A publicity stunt' - Qatar rejects proposed compensation fund for migrant workers

The countdown is on to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Image: Xinhua News Agency/PA Images QATAR HAS REJECTED calls for a compensation fund for migrant workers killed or injured during World Cup preparations, with the country’s labour minister calling it a “publicity stunt”.

Human rights groups accuse Qatar of under-reporting deaths. The government strongly disputes reports that thousands have died on construction site accidents or from heat-related illnesses in the country’s searing summer temperatures. “If there is a person entitled to compensation who has not received it, they should come forward and we will help them,” he said, adding that Qatar was ready to look at cases from more than a decade ago.

Marri said detractors had ignored reforms implemented since 2017 with the help of the International Labour Organization, a UN agency. The minister did not give an example, but Qatar last week summoned the German ambassador over comments made by the country’s interior minister.“They don’t want to allow a small country, an Arab country, an Islamic country, to organise the World Cup,” he said.

The ILO this week said unpaid wages were workers’ biggest complaint, and that Qatar’s main challenge is to apply its new laws. Marri said his ministry was “focused” on the task.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

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