The eyes of the world are no longer on Doha and, although some progress has been made, many workers feel let down
, the pitch is still watered daily and cut once a week; a team of around 30 workers are on hand to maintain the site. Empty white seats glare from stands that once housed swaying, jubilant Argentina fans; an unseasonable wind whistles under the roof that once held in their songs.
“There are no human rights here. They just use you,” says Majid* from Ghana, bitterly. “While the world was watching, they thought twice about what they did, but now the World Cup is over, they do whatever they like.”At Al Bayt Stadium, which hosted three England matches, little has changed for the men tending the pristine park that surrounds the 60,000-seat arena.they had all been forced to pay extortionate fees to agents in their own countries to secure their jobs.
The Qatari government told the Guardian: “It is illegal for companies in Qatar to charge recruitment fees. Workers should not arrive in Qatar with recruitment debt under any circumstances.” In 2022 it shut down 45 recruitment agencies for not complying with the law, although that is thought to be the tip of the iceberg where offenders are concerned.
Over the following years, Fifa and the Qataris repeatedly used these partnerships as evidence of their commitment to change. But as evidence grows of patchy implementation of the reforms and the spotlight of the World Cup moves on, those partnerships appear to be unravelling.
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