It was the summer of this year, as the Qatari government made full-bodied promises once again. Labour Minister Abdullah Bin Saleh al-Khulaifi said at the time, the “new Qatar” will no longer have the kafala system until the end of 2015 it should be abolished “to 90 percent.” So let al-Khulaifi a back door open, and now is clear: There were nothing but empty words. To date, nothing has happened; Kafala continues to exist. In this system, not the state, but the company regulates the entry and exit of workers, passports are withheld. Workers are quasi serfs of their employers.
to the conclusion that the human rights situation is still disastrous, is the international trade union Union ITUC that on Friday a new report on exploitation of migrant workers in Qatar released. It corrects the association its forecast that by the whistle of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in the Emirate of 4000 construction workers will lose their lives. Now there is talk of 7,000 dead. The main reasons are lack of safety on construction sites in the country and the fact that many men are working to absolute exhaustion.
“The vast majority of workers is working to finalize the infrastructure programs of the 2022 World Cup sad underestimation “, ITUC General Secretary Sharan Burrow, the original forecast a said” “called:” In the emergency rooms of the Qatari hospitals in 2800 patients are currently being admitted every day That is 20 percent more than last year.. “
in March 2014 ITUC had its last report on the human rights situation in Qatar published since have for the Foreign – 90 percent of the two million inhabitants in the Emirate are foreigners – nothing changed. The Qatari Labour Law under offer further all international standards, in 2017 proposed legislative changes the suffering of migrant workers would even worsen. “Everything the government has done is, that slavery should be codified,” Burrow said: “Employers can workers soon even borrowed from other companies – for one year, and without that the workers must give their consent.”
The canker of world football?
The oil- and gas-rich emirate is since the award of the World Cup in December 2010 in the crossfire of Criticism. The Qataris is alleged to have secured the hosting of the tournament by the bribery of officials of the football world governing body FIFA, is currently reviewing the Swiss Federal Prosecutor’s Office the public procurement process.
These documented reporters from different countries, such as workers in Qatar are systematically exploited – and that until now resist all protestations of the regime because nothing has changed. The profiteers alongside Qatar itself: international contractors who deserve the World Cup preparations, according to ITUC $ 15 billion. You should be aware that they make their profits on the backs of exploited workers, the union said.
She also called on FIFA to labor rights into to make the center of preparations for the World Cup; So far, the world governing body had exercised no real pressure on the Qatari regime. An exception is Theo Zwanziger, who belonged to the FIFA Executive Committee until May and the “Task Force Qatar” initiated. The former president of the German Football Association (DFB) criticized the emirate repeatedly sharp. With the statement, Qatar was the “cancer of world football”, he acted a suit World Cup organizers a.
Zwanziger wants world withdrawal of Qatar
The statement was an “unacceptable slander and vilification of its citizens and national community or its members,” it said in the explanatory statement, which was filed with the District Court Dusseldorf. Zwanziger announced, from a statement of defense, he appeals to the freedom of expression; February 2, it comes to the process.
The ITUC report does not surprise the 70-year-olds. “I had in the meantime the hope that they will rouse themselves and actually make a difference. They would also be able to, but they just do not want to. You have disappointed and resigned notice that our standards can not be applied in Qatar,” Zwanziger who said “World”: “.. The promise is just whitewashing and the belief to be able to smoke out with flying colors other people, but that does not work”
Zwanziger criticized the “arrogance of the Qataris, by bringing their ideas without moral and ethical principles” to want, “I would not go as a fan for the World Cup to Qatar Ethically, such a visit is not justified..” It was not just legally, so Twenties, “but when the new Fifa leadership Qatar withdraws the World Cup would be best”.
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