The treatment of migrant workers was a major talking point throughout the 2022 Qatar World Cup. In one jail, there were around 250-300 people. “Inside the jail, there were people from Sri Lanka, Kerala (India), Pakistan, Sudan, Nepal, African, Philippines. The plight of migrant workers in Qatar was a dark cloud that marred what should have been the greatest sporting spectacle on the planet.įor all the incredible action on the pitch, including arguably the greatest World Cup final in history, tournament organizers could not escape accusations that the workers who helped build the stadiums were subjected to awful conditions, which contributed to the deaths of migrant workers.Īhead of the World Cup, CNN spoke to Kamal, a Nepali worker in Qatar, who recounted his experience of being arrested without explanation and kept in a Qatari jail for a week.ĭescribing the conditions in the cell he shared with 24 other Nepali migrant workers, he says he was provided with a blanket and a pillow, but the mattress on the floor he had to sleep on was riddled with bed bugs. ‘Our dreams never came true.’ These men helped build Qatar’s World Cup, now they are struggling to survive
They took my friend quite aggressively on the arm and pushed him away from the crowd and told him to take it off,” Kunkel told CNN,Ģ022 has been a tough year for the sport of boxing. Jason McCawley/Getty Images AsiaPac/Getty ImagesĮxclusive: World Cup soccer fans stopped by security officials for wearing rainbow-colored itemsĭuring the World Cup in Qatar, two German soccer fans told CNN’s Ben Church that they were asked by security officials at Qatar 2022 to remove the rainbow-colored items that they were wearing as they made their way to watch the match between France and Denmark.ĬNN witnessed the conclusion to the incident at the Msheireb Metro Station, in Doha, as Bengt Kunkel, who was wearing a rainbow-colored sweatband and his friend – sporting a similarly colored armband – refused to hand over the items.Īfter taking the Germans to one side, a group of security guards eventually let them go – on condition that they put the rainbow-colored items in their pockets, according to Kunkel. Josh Cavallo has become one of football's most recognizable faces since coming out as gay.
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