PLIGHT OF MIGRANT WORKERS IN QATAR

Qatar secured the bid to host the 2020 FIFA World Cup back in 2014. Qatar wasn't a footballing nation and hence had to build its football infrastructure including stadiums etc from scratch. They also wished to build lavish skyscraper hotels and a building for the local organizing committee. They did what most countries do. Hire cheap labor that is normally from the Indian sub-continent. In the masses workers arrived to the their local employers through agencies in their home countries. Untold to them they faced the laws of the Kafala System. A system formed to deprive workers of their basic human rights.

1. Workers aren't allowed to change their job or quit their job or even leave the country without their employers permission. 

2. Workers arent allowed to hold gatherings and thereby are unable to try to jointly push for improved conditions

3. Employers are legally permitted to hold their employees passport

4. There are no strict laws regarding thee living conditions of workers and investigations by several journalists have revealed truly horrific pictures from the living camps of these workers.

Overall poor living and working conditions have led to a reported 34 worker death for the Qatar World Cup project only and private groups point out that the number outlined by the Qatar WC organizing committee is far below than the actual deaths that have taken place. Moreover, interviews of workers have revealed that often go unpaid for upto a year and there is physically nothing they can do about it. 
For the last 4 years especially human rights groups and football fans have been putting pressure on the world cup organizing committee FIFA to strip Qatar of its right to host the world cup. This has seen some improvements in the terms of worker laws but its implementation and effectiveness are yet to be seen.