Nepalis among workers exploited in Qatar s high-end hotels set up for FIFA World Cup Kathmandu Post
Kathmandu, July 17 In the run-up to the biggest showdown of football, the FIFA World Cup 2022, abuse of migrant workers including Nepalis has once again surfaced in Qatar, the Persian Gulf nation that hosts the football extravaganza.
A recent report published by Business & Human Rights, an international agency working to advance human rights in business and eradicate abuses, has collected evidence of migrants facing various forms of abuse in luxury hotels in the country.
The report released on Wednesday highlighted that luxury hotel brands are failing to take action to protect migrant workers against labour rights abuse ahead of the World Cup in Qatar.
Hotel workers in Qatar suffer abuse in run up to World Cup
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Germanyâs Dubai Expo Pavilion engages security and cleaning company linked to serious migrant worker abuse allegations
The German Pavilion has signed a framework agreement with Transguard to provide security, cleaning and laundry services during the Dubai Expo, an event set to attract 25 million visitors when it opens in October 2021.
Last year Transguard was the subject of serious allegations of abuse against migrant workers during the pandemic. When approached by the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre for a response, Koelnmesse, the company contracted to run and organise the German Pavilion, did not provide satisfactory evidence of effe
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Migrant workers sit on bunk beds inside the labor camps on 18 July 2018 in Abu Dhabi, UAE [Ghaith Abdul Ahad/Getty Images] May 7, 2021 at 5:09 pm
With the rescheduled Expo 2020 Dubai set to open later this year, concerns have been raised over the alleged abuse of migrant workers by major contractors organising and running the five months long mega-event. Some 190 countries are expected to take part in the exhibition which is expected to attract three million visitors from across the world.
One of the star attraction is the German Pavilion. Operated by Koelnmesse, the grand building will showcase German innovation and solutions in the field of sustainability.