Soccer-European FAs press FIFA to act on migrant workers' rights

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(Reuters) - The Football Associations of 10 European countries, including England and Germany, are pushing FIFA ahead of the World Cup starting in two weeks to take action to improve the rights of migrant workers in Qatar.

"FIFA has repeatedly committed to deliver concrete answers on these issues - the compensation fund for migrant workers, and the concept of a migrant workers' centre to be created in Doha - and we will continue to press for these to be delivered," the open letter published on Sunday said.

Amnesty and other rights groups have led calls for FIFA to compensate migrant workers in Qatar for human rights abuses by setting aside $440 million, matching the World Cup prize money. Denmark's players will travel to the World Cup without their families as a protest against Qatar's human rights record, their FA said last month.

Sunday's open letter said Qatar had made"significant progress" regarding migrant workers' rights and in providing assurances on the safety of LGBT supporters.

 

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