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Qatar arrests and deports unpaid migrant workers who protested against their mistreatment
World's largest trade union federation calls for an end to this latest abuse of workers as World Cup draws close
Construction workers at Lusail Stadium, Qatar, in 2019
THE WORLD’S largest trade union federation urged Qatar today to compensate migrant workers who were arrested and some deported from the country last week after protesting against their employer’s failure to pay them.
Footage shared online last Thursday showed a group of about 60 men blocking part of a busy highway in the country’s capital Doha while demonstrating outside the offices of Al Bandary International Group, a construction, real estate and hotel conglomerate.
According to Migrant-Rights.org, an Arabian Gulf-based human rights organisation, workers have not been paid by Al Bandary’s companies for close to six months.
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