The soccer World Cup begins in Qatar in around a year.
Recently, calls for a boycott could be heard again.
Critics can see themselves confirmed by a new Amnesty report.
Doha - One year before the start of the soccer World Cup in Qatar, Amnesty International still sees widespread violations of the rights of migrant workers in the Gulf emirate.
Progress as a result of legal reforms has stagnated, "old exploitative practices" are regaining the upper hand, according to a published report by the human rights organization. Qatar does not rigorously implement reforms, does not monitor their implementation and does not hold those responsible for violations accountable. Migrant workers continue to be at the mercy of unscrupulous employers.
After persistent international criticism, the emirate decided on a series of reforms in favor of migrant workers.
So Qatar dismantled the Kafala system.
This system, which is also widespread in other countries in the region, firmly ties foreign workers to a local guarantor such as an employer.
In Qatar, the law now allows migrants to leave or change jobs without the consent of their employer.
In addition, the country set a minimum wage.
The UN labor organization ILO spoke of a "historic step".
Numerous violations and deaths
In the new report, however, Amnesty complains about numerous violations that went unpunished. Despite promises to the contrary, the migrants are still tied to their sponsor. It is increasingly difficult for migrant workers to change jobs without the consent of their employer. Rather, they would face retaliation. Amnesty finds strong opposition to the legislative reforms among Qatar's employers. The government is also rejecting requests to change jobs without giving an explanation. Wages were withheld and employers were still confiscating passports.
The human rights organization also criticizes the fact that many deaths among migrant workers have remained unresolved.
In the past decade, thousands have died surprisingly and unexpectedly.
Despite clear evidence of heat stress, it remains extremely difficult to find out in how many cases the working conditions are responsible for death.
The death certificates usually only speak of a natural cause or cardiac arrest.
Affected families remained in the dark and received no compensation.
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Qatar has repeatedly rejected criticism of human rights and referred to the reforms.
The government said it had done more than any other country in the past decade to improve conditions for foreign workers.
Around two million migrant workers live in the rich Gulf emirate.
They come mainly from poor countries such as Bangladesh, Nepal and India.
The soccer World Cup begins on November 21, 2022. In the past few weeks, calls for a boycott have been heard again and again.
dpa
