how were migrant workers treated
The workers said they were treated like cattle, working up to 12 hours a day, seven days a week, including during Qatar's hot summer months. Amnesty said some of the abuses amounted to forced labour. Some migrant workers were threatened with penalty fines, deportation or loss of income if they did not show up to work even though they were not being paid, Amnesty said.
Media caption Andrew North reports from Nepal on the plight of migrant workers. Qatar's construction sector is rife with abuse, Amnesty International (AI) has said in a report published as work begins on Fifa World Cup 2022 stadiums. Amnesty says migrant workers are often subjected to non-payment of wages, dangerous working conditions and squalid accommodation. The rights group said one manager had referred to workers as animals.