Broadcast on Thursday evening, the Complément d'Enquête program has not finished making people talk.
Centered around the troubled link maintained by France and Qatar, finally chosen as the host country for the 2022 World Cup, the report notably challenged by showing images of the living conditions of subcontractor workers at the Hotel des Bleus in Qatar.
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After watching these images of cramped rooms infested with cockroaches where the workers piled up on bunk beds, the president of the French Football Federation Noël Le Graët had replied to the journalist: "
It's not insoluble that, it's strokes of paint.
There's still time to fix that.
I can show you lots of images like that in lots of countries, even maybe not far from here
”.
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"
This reaction shocked me, I found that it was above ground (...) that it lacked humanity and even lucidity
", replied the Minister of Sports Amélie Oudéa-Castéra on RTL this Friday morning.
“
The FFF must take its share of responsibility and do everything in its power to improve the situation on the subject of working conditions and respect for human rights at its base camp.
Compared to the very shocking images we saw yesterday, reactions are needed
, ”she said.
These images led the FFF to announce an on-site verification mission, verifications which "
made it possible to dismiss the security company
" because of "
numerous unacceptable irregularities
“Explains the federation in a letter of October 2 produced by the show.
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At the beginning of October, the Minister had sent a letter to the FFF asking it to provide proof of its action concerning human rights during the World Cup in Qatar (November 20 - December 18).
“
I had a first return which honestly did not remove the doubts, so I will not let them go on the subject
”, explained the minister.
"
I want us to be vigilant and irreproachable (...).
They are committed to meeting there in the next few days, they have to do the job
, ”she said.
Qatar is the subject of numerous criticisms from NGOs on respect for fundamental freedoms and human rights, in particular those of foreign workers, particularly from Africa and South Asia, who make up the majority of its population.