More than 6500 migrant workers have lost their lives constructing a $220 billion infrastructure for Qatar to host the 2022 World Cup.
FIFA’s president Gianni Infantino, who’s running for re-election next year, has been publicly supporting Qatar’s claims that the deaths are normal, despite verified reports of widespread abuse and exploitation.
FIFA’s own human rights policy states it will “provide remedy where individuals have been adversely affected by activities associated with FIFA.”
Let’s hold FIFA accountable to that.
With only a few days until the World Cup, let’s ramp up pressure on Infantino to create a compensation fund for abused migrant work
Tell Infantino: We demand justice for abused migrant workers.
When migrant workers flew to Qatar for this job, they were likely dreaming of a bright future for them and their families. But in reality, they were exploited by recruitment agencies and abused by their employers, living under inhumane conditions and working for long hours under “punishing heat”.
Now rights organizations are demanding that Qatar and FIFA pay $440 million as a remedy fund for migrant workers, an amount matching the total prize money FIFA will pay to the teams playing in Qatar. For context, FIFA is expected to make $7 billion in revenue from this World Cup -- topping the $5.4 billion it made from the World Cup in Russia.
FIFA can and should set up this compensation fund – but it will only move if there’s massive pressure from around the world. Sign now, and share this widely – we’ll make sure Infantino hears our call loud and clear.
More information
Human Rights Watch. 18 October 2022.
Rolling Stone. 9 November 2022.