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World Cup 2022. More than 2,000 workers died on construction sites in Qatar

2019-10-10T11:11:56.425Z


According to reports from the Guardian, some 2,700 workers died between 2012 and 2018 at stadium construction sites for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. According to the Nepal agency responsible for the welfare of migrant workers, a majority of them would have died of "natural death".


According to reports from the Guardian, some 2,700 workers died between 2012 and 2018 at stadium construction sites for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. According to the Nepal agency responsible for the welfare of migrant workers, a majority of them would have died of "natural death".

Qatar, which has created controversy in recent weeks due to deplorable conditions at the world athletics championships, is again in the spotlight Thursday after an investigation by the Guardian.

According to the British daily, nearly 2,700 workers were killed in the stadiums of the 2022 World Cup from 2012 to 2018. Three quarters would have died of a "natural death", according to the same source. .

The Nepalese agency responsible for the welfare of migrant workers has unveiled figures of death certificates revealed by Qatar. Deaths result from cardiac arrest, heart attack, respiratory failure or "disease" .

READ ALSO: Two elected officials ask the Blues to boycott the 2022 World Cup in Qatar

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