At an upcoming meeting of national soccer federations, FIFA will be urged to compensate migrant workers and families of those who died or were injured on World Cup projects in Qatar.
The issue will be raised by Norwegian soccer officials at the FIFA Congress meeting on March 16 in Rwanda, human rights group Amnesty International said Wednesday. It will be the first post-tournament meeting of more than 200 federations.
Infantino in on course to be re-elected unopposed in Rwanda where FIFA will present its annual report showing financial reserves more than doubled to nearly US$4 billion in 2022 because of the World Cup. Exact numbers of worker deaths and injuries have long been disputed and hard to prove in part because Qatar did not require investigations.
He talked of a global education project and a "labor excellence hub" in partnership with the United Nations-backed International Labor Organization.
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