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Home / News / Sports News / Qatar ensures Modi that migrant reforms will be introduced
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    Qatar ensures Modi that migrant reforms will be introduced

    Written by
    Gaurav Jeyaraman
    Edited by
    Vaneet Randhawa
    Last updated on Jun 06, 2016, 11:57 pm
    Qatar ensures Modi that migrant reforms will be introduced
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  • After PM Modi raised the issue of abuse of Indian migrant workers during his weekend visit to the Gulf state, Qatar reassured India that labour reforms will improve the plight of almost half a million Indian migrants.

    Modi thanked the Qatar leadership for ensuring reform.

    Human-rights groups have long accused Qatar of abusive labour regulations and forcing migrants to toil under inhuman safety conditions.

  • In this article
    What is the Kafala system? BBC crew arrested for filming migrant labourers Labourers describe 'pathetic' work conditions Qatar WC 2022: Over 1200 migrant workers dead India, Nepal account for highest number of deaths Qatar gives in, amends Kafala system Amnesty International accuses Qatar of using 'forced labour' Qatar, Fifa respond to allegations Amnesty urges FIFA to pressure Qatar over workers FIFA committee to monitor Qatar working conditions Player criticise workers conditions in Qatar Qatar ensures Modi that migrant reforms will be introduced
  • Kafala System

    What is the Kafala system?

    What is the Kafala system?
  • The kafala system is a system used to monitor migrant labourers, working in the construction and domestic sectors in West Asia.

    In Qatar, the system is enforced particularly harshly.

    Among the most troubling aspects of the system is that workers cannot leave the country without the sponsor's permission.

    Employer consent is required to change jobs, get a driver's license or open a checking account.

  • 18 May 2015

    BBC crew arrested for filming migrant labourers

    BBC crew arrested for filming migrant labourers
  • A news crew from BBC was arrested in Qatar as they were attempting to film the conditions under which migrant laourers were forced to work.

    Qatari officials confiscated cameras, equipment and hard drives and detained the crew in a local prison for an entire day before releasing them.

    When questioned, the government stated that the BBC crew had been arrested for "national security" reasons.

  • 21 May 2015

    Labourers describe 'pathetic' work conditions

    Labourers describe 'pathetic' work conditions
  • Migrant orkers in Qatar said they were required to pay exorbitant fees to recruiters to get jobs in Qatar and that they were paid less than half of what was promised.

    They also said their passports were confiscated and they were threatened when they complained about work conditions.

    They were also reportedly threatened that their passports would be destroyed if they complained about pay.

  • 6 Jun 2015

    Qatar WC 2022: Over 1200 migrant workers dead

    Qatar WC 2022: Over 1200 migrant workers dead
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  • A report by the International Trades Union Confederation claimed that over 1200 migrant workers died in Qatar while building infrastructure for the Fifa 2022 World Cup.

    According to information collected by the ITUC from the embassies of India, Nepal and Bangladesh at least 600 workers died every year between 2010-2013.

    Qatari officials denied the report, stating it used unverified and exaggerated statistics.

  • Information

    India, Nepal account for highest number of deaths

  • The embassies of Nepal and India, two countries which are the source of many of the migrant workers who go to Qatar, together accounted for more than 400 deaths a year - a total of 1,239 deaths in three years.

  • 27 Oct 2015

    Qatar gives in, amends Kafala system

    Qatar gives in, amends Kafala system
  • Faced with increasing pressure over the conditions of migrant labourers in the country, Qatar adopted changes to the Kafala system, to "improve labour conditions".

    The main change revolves around a new system where workers can appeal refused exit permits.

    However, human rights groups called the changes a sham, stating that exit permits had not been abolished and payment mechanisms were still ad hoc.

  • 31 Mar 2016

    Amnesty International accuses Qatar of using 'forced labour'

    Amnesty International accuses Qatar of using 'forced labour'
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  • Human rights rights group Amnesty International accused the Qatari government of using forced labour at one of the stadiums being built for the Fifa World Cup 2022.

    Amnesty said workers at Khalifa International Stadium were forced to live in small accommodation, pay huge recruitment fees and have had wages withheld and passports confiscated.

    Qatar said it was "concerned" by the allegations and would investigate.

  • Information

    Qatar, Fifa respond to allegations

  • The Qatari government said the welfare of migrant workers was a "top priority" and insisted it was committed to systematic reform of Qatar's labour laws. Fifa said measures had been taken that had already improved the situation for migrant workers.

  • 1 Apr 2016

    Amnesty urges FIFA to pressure Qatar over workers

    Amnesty urges FIFA to pressure Qatar over workers
  • Human Rights group Amnesty International urged world football governing body, FIFA, to put pressure on Qatar over human rights abuses.

    The group added that it is trusting FIFA to urge government authorities in Qatar to take adequate action over the conditions of stadium construction workers.

    The group also alleged that the "Qatari government was apathetic and the FIFA not interested in that."

  • 22 Apr 2016

    FIFA committee to monitor Qatar working conditions

    FIFA committee to monitor Qatar working conditions
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  • FIFA President Gianni Infantino has said a new independent committee will be set up to monitor working conditions at Qatar's 2022 World Cup venues.

    The move is an attempt by the world football's governing body to ease fears of human rights abuses in the preparation for the 2022 World Cup.

    Amnesty International welcomed the move as "a step in the right direction."

  • 18 May 2016

    Player criticise workers conditions in Qatar

    Player criticise workers conditions in Qatar
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  • Two players from Danish club FC Copenhagen have criticised conditions for labourers working on venues for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

    Criticizing the conditions labourers are forced to work under, the players said "that thousands must die to build stadiums, has nothing to do with football."

    Several players from other countries joined the criticism; however, they refused to disclose their identities.

  • 6 Jun 2016

    Qatar ensures Modi that migrant reforms will be introduced

    Qatar ensures Modi that migrant reforms will be introduced
    Credits:
  • After PM Modi raised the issue of abuse of Indian migrant workers during his weekend visit to the Gulf state, Qatar reassured India that labour reforms will improve the plight of almost half a million Indian migrants.

    Modi thanked the Qatar leadership for ensuring reform.

    Human-rights groups have long accused Qatar of abusive labour regulations and forcing migrants to toil under inhuman safety conditions.

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