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Leading human rights campaigners have accused FIFA of \u201cwhitewashing\u201d migrant worker abuses through \u201csinister\u201d tactics and called for the stronger, more transparent implementation of a compensation fund.<\/p>\n
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Questions have repeatedly been raised about the treatment of migrant workers in Qatar both before and during the World Cup, with the Guardian claiming around 6,500 people had died in the Gulf State due to extreme and substandard working conditions as it prepared to host the tournament.<\/p>\n
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That figure has been strongly disputed by Qatar\u2019s Supreme Committee with the organisation\u2019s secretary general, Hassan al-Thawadi, last month suggesting the number stood \u201cbetween 400 and 500.\u201d<\/p>\n
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FIFA confirmed that another migrant worked died last week, reportedly while making repairs at a site used as the Saudi Arabia base during the World Cup.<\/p>\n
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Amid widespread and growing pressure to compensate workers, Qatar setup a Workers\u2019 Support and Insurance Fund in 2018, which it claims has provided more than $350 million to those affected, primarily in tackling an issue with late or non-payment of wages.<\/p>\n
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FIFA has also announced a Legacy Fund financed by a percentage of commercial revenue generated through the World Cup, which includes the creation of a \u201clabour excellence hub\u201d in conjunction with the International Labour Organisation (ILO) designed to help \u201cshare best practices in labour matters and support adherence to the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights when hosting FIFA tournaments.\u201d<\/p>\n
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However, the Migrant Rights Coalition, comprising campaign groups Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, FairSquare, and Equidem, believe FIFA is still failing to fulfil its human rights responsibilities.<\/p>\n
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\u201cFIFA\u2019s egregious whitewashing of serious abuses against migrant workers in Qatar is both a global embarrassment and a sinister tactic to escape its human rights responsibility to compensate thousands of workers who faced abuse and the families of those who died to make this World Cup possible,\u201d said Tirana Hassan, acting executive director at Human Rights Watch.<\/p>\n
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\u201cFIFA continues to cash in on billions of dollars in revenue but refuses to offer a single cent for the families of migrant workers who died or those workers who were cheated out of their wages.\u201d<\/p>\n
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In a statement released yesterday, the Migrant Rights Coalition claimed that the Workers\u2019 Support and Insurance Fund \u201cis not currently set up to be able to provide compensation on any meaningful scale related to deaths, injuries, and historic wage theft in the decade before it was operationalised\u201d in 2020.<\/p>\n
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