The plight of migrant workers in Qatar • FRANCE 24 English
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- Qatar's hosting of the upcoming 2022 World Cup has attracted thousands of migrant workers to build stadiums and other infrastructure. These foreigners left everything behind in search of a better life. But once in Qatar, they often experienced exploitation: unpaid wages, confiscated passports and extreme working conditions that have led to several thousand deaths, according to various NGOs. Some migrant workers agreed to speak to our reporters Chloé Domat and Rammohan Pateriya for this special full-length report. They explain how their Qatari dream has turned into a nightmare, even if Doha also offers some opportunities for upward social mobility.
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Something Al Jaljeera would never cover. Salute to all Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Philippino and African brothers who toiled there in sub human and underpaid conditions.
That's why education is important
Sadly those nations didn't really care about education
Those people deserved that
They also won’t talk about the Mexican slaves in building up israel in Palestine
@@MelaninMagdalene MEXICAN SLAVES? PLEASE TELL ME MORE.
@@MelaninMagdalene REFERENCES?
@@italy8795 you want to know about your country and your neighboring countries how some farmer labour are getting treated because these media will never tell you
I hope that Rachel the Filipino workers children realize just how much their mother is sacrificing for them; and that they appreciate her. She is a HERO!
A hero who has set her job at risk. By now am pretty sure he already get deported
Who told you they don't appreciate her?
@@lukeodhiambo1721 Please read my comment again. I said, " I hope.......that they appreciate her."
@@lukeodhiambo1721 lack of reading comprehension?
She is not a hero, she is a victim. There's no glory to be had from enduring abusive conditions.
That KENYAN worker's last words almost brought tears into my eyes. I would feel his pain.. The world is indeed a cruel place
African leaders are more cruel.
And they do it using God's name, unbelievably!
nah just the middle east cruel place in the world
Arab countries are.
I was devastated with his last words.
I was literally crying.
His pain, dreams and aspirations were very deep.
Was working in Qatar for 1.5 yrs and I quit last month due to some of the problems you mentioned
Am really happy you did this investigation
😂😂😂you are worker not president atleast be Greatfull towards your employer 😂😂😂 your own country don't have guts to give you employment
People should really stop going to these countries. The only solution.
@@sanaullahalom2253 keep talking and after you finish mind your own damn business
This situation is not only in Qatar. Every Gulf Nations has same condition.
I fully agree with you. It is a disease that has spread all over these rich desert lands. The richer they are the meaner they get.
These games should be boycotted to respect the blood, sweat and ears that flowed and the lives that had been lost just for the sake of satisfying the lust of playing games for the sake of the rich and the famous.
The conditions are FAR WORSE in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Iran, Nepal, and the Philippines, as well as all of Africa!
Yes, and let's be honest...after the World Cup, they will stop talking about it in Qatar too. I am sure there are plenty of good people in these countries too, but their governments and many companies are absolutely despicable, and we are helping them trample on these poor peoples' rights by ignoring that fact and continuing to handing them fistfuls of money.
@Mamoon Ashameeri just like in Qatar ?
I am a Kenyan who works in Qatar but as a professional driver. I have stayed in Qatar for 3 years now. There is so much untold truth that the world doesn't know about labourers who work here. Many of them face harsh treatment from their sponsors and they are left to cry for themselves. I personally know a few friends who work illegally because their sponsors threatened to put them behind bars if they dare speak up, no help whatsoever has been given and some had to escape and live out as fugitives. They work in any condition either day or night as long as they have something to meet their needs. They need help and their families back at home can't do anything to help out. It's so sad we are still in slavery
Then go home bro
Same situation everywhere brother. Basically the one rule is that if you don't have money, then it doesn't matter where you live in the world because your value is 0.
OMG those employers r terrible,these r human beings(they should b treated)with respect!They should visit the dormitories 4foreign workers in:S'pore!They're assign pls for cooking,pantry,stores that they can buy groceries n areas 2relax;)*!!!!
Problem is their passports r usually taken fr them!So even if they want 2leave there's no way!So very sad,these ppl come all the way at the very least give them somewhere comfy they can rest after a long day*
This is so heartbreaking, can you leave and go back to Kenya? Anything would be better than this.
Praying that our Filipino overseas could achieve their dreams for the education of their children. Hope their children should finish schooling.
Qatar is using natural resources for luxury and vanity... these nature given resources are for all living beings on earth.. when there is so much problem in world , spending so much , building 8 stadiums etc is criminal waste of resources.
philipinos suffer a lot by arabs, its been well documented.
The most shocking thing is the workers not being paid for so long or their pay being held. That is really wrong.
True
رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى" أَعْطُوا الأَجِيرَ أَجْرَهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَجِفَّ عَرَقُهُ " .
It's not only wrong, it's EVIL!!!
The games should be cancelled until the authorities pay these workers.
Until the Qatar government regulates
labour industry and business , international exploitation will continue.
CANCEL THE DAMN GAME ALTOGETHER
Bitter people because they don't have the money to spend to go to Qatar...😅😅😅😅
@@latesukiyaki Who wants top go there anyway, The country was built on slave labour. Inhuman bastards in power in Qatar
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It does amaze me how some people can be so numb to the suffering of their fellow man. Just evil beyond words
Why should the government be in charge to clean up after them?? Do you have the government clean your house when you mess it up?
@@OMNIAnadia If you watched this documentary and FAILED to understand the issues raised in it then may I politely INSIST that you watch it again because your question misses the point and is neither here nor there.
@@dermolado3351 Her name is arab, They dont accept their mistakes. Instead they blame the poor workers
they were suffering more in their home countries, they came off their free will to make a better living, they can go back whenever they want to.
@@user-kd7kr1zu8x wow without being paid their salaries right, now I see why you guys are backward
I once had the opportunity to work in Qatar for 5 years. I could say that I was fortunate to have been paid fairly by my employer for my service to her company. I feel sorry for these fellow migrant workers who have been treated badly by their employers. Hopefully, they could find a better job that can compensate them well and have lawful working hours so that they can get proper rest for themselves.
I feel the pain that Kenyan worker is going through,its all the same in gulf countries i was in UAE "Dubai" for three years as a taxi driver for a government company. You can't be helped even when u go to labour offices they keep tossing you around. I had to give up and come back to my home country with a life time ban never stepping back to UAE. I have my peace no stress though life is hard back home but i have hope.
so what is the problem just return to your country. i mean why do people still stay? if they don't have a paspoort go to your consulat and get one. and return home.
it is 2022 if your staying to be treated like that it is your own fault.
i mean quatar has 500k people the rest are migrants i doubt they all work for those 500k so if you let them treat you like that who's fault is it?
@@Jessicaro you have never had your passport taken and put in debt then underpaid as a woman you know many or have head of those who are abused just saying leave the abuser is very simplistic otherwise all those organizations that help woman would not exists there will just be on simple message leave !!!. Solution is much more integrated than that they need ability to leave the abusers have to stop as well and consequences for abusers in this case the abuser is Arab countries
This is tragic. The World Cup can be cancelled. The families of the victims should be compensated immediately before the World Cup starts. This is a criminal act.
this video needs to be shared everywhere ,
It is very difficult to believe that there are tears behind such affluence- behind such beautiful skyscrapers!
In the Middle east there workers are assigned in tiers based on their nationality and race. Top tier (owner, CEO, president) is for locals, 2nd highest (top managers, consultants, vp, etc) is for Caucasians or the so-called "Western educated" (which just means White), 3rd highest (mid managers) is for arabs from other countries like lebanon, Syria,etc, Then we approach the low tiers. Low level managers and supervisors go to other Arabs, Indians, and sometimes filipinos. The lowest levels are subdivided according to profession and nationality. Hospitality is dominated by Filipinos, sales and commerce by Indians, and the lowest of them all, construction workers and those who clean toilets, etc are Africans, Bangladeshi, etc
This is absolutely disgraceful, people should Boycott the World Cup.
Qatar is a rich country. It doesn't need your presence hhh
Human rights are more important than football games!
@@___beyondhorizon4664 what is human right?
Qatar is not a rich country. Having money and zero morals doesn't make you rich..
100%.
When Ibrahim said, *"I'm here watching these big buildings... people who built them are really suffering.."* i can feel the hardship he endured through those words. its very heart breaking!
That statement hit me so hard.
@@willysonissaagesa4008 same here
So what u want those labourer should stay in those lavish appartments
It's the killing heat that is totally brutal
@@jojyjohn7496 No, let them get their fair share of payment and proper living conditions anywhere for the job they have done building Qatar.
As a South African my aunt who's a professional nurse worked in Qatar for more than a decade and they treated her very well, she made a lot of money which she invested and started businesses back home in South Africa. She contracted multiple myeloma whilst there which is a kind of blood cancer and they gave here first class cancer treatment and was given permanent residence and they were ready to grant her citizenship but she was homesick and wanted to return South Africa of which she's been happily back here for 3 years
I feel bad for my fellow African people but please refrain from going to where you're not appreciated. Your dignity and humanity matters more
Thank you for telling your story. When your hear about Qatar from France they'll never say these stories.
WELL SAID, how do people stay where they are not appreciated ? peace of the mind matters most.....
Im from Nepal, the people of Nepal is not as lucky as your aunt.People have died due to exhaustion and overworking.I feel sad for them....
I think cases of nurses, doctors and the likes are a little different from not just Qatar but most parts of the world. Cases of construction workers are mostly terrible.
@@michaelogunronbi237 Yes that could possibly be the case and it's sad
I salute European Brothers and Sisters. You people are true voice of humanity over the globe. I admire your efforts to rise the voice of common people
You are trully right mwingereza ako sawa sana
@@annenduku5243 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The employers are European Companies so why are they not mentioned on this anti Muslim channel (France 24).
Shouldn’t these European Companies be held to accountability for slave labour and human rights abuses.
As a news channel supposedly caring for the migrant workers why not name the western companies that employ these migrant workers.
It’s the western regime’s and the public should understand why they are always interfering in muslim countries and trying to paint a bad image of Qatar and other Muslim countries.
I am sorry to disappoint you. The West is just using the cause of the workers to force Qatar to sell them cheaper gas. Once the West get what they want from Qatar we will not hear about the workers' plight anymore.
Yea look at france now
It's shocking that thousands of people were murdered in hard labor so we could watch football. It's inhuman. This World Cup, which is all about bribery and murder, must be boycotted.
The “thousands” of deaths didn’t occur on site 😂 so do your research and use some common sense.
But yes, I agree worker conditions need to be improved
@@mirwaisjan2648 you say that but in the heat many have dropped dead onsite.
Sorry fainted and died later elsewhere due to unrelated health problems..
But the football world is not a great thing for people.
Once you get into to tier football money currupts all.
I don't watch football because it's a boring sport
Simple, boycott this World Cup!
I cancelled our world cup trip to Qatar to pay my tribute to poor workers and their family members who lost their love one's 🙏. God bless them 🙏
no effect....
@Video wala bhai , shall I get your tickets Pls 🙏
There's no effect whether you bought or not lol
Thank you
Walah Bhai. You indian have the slavery minds. Okay sir sorry sir interested sir
This is very heart-breaking! I can’t imagine how the workers live that way. … and how qatar rich people do that to those poor people.
Thank you for this video. It's shocking to learn about these inhumane labor practices happening in a progressive and developed middle eastern country like Qatar. This is like modern slavery wherein millions of foreign migrants--those in construction companies. Their passports being confiscated. If you complain or go on strike, you might be deported. So these migrant workers coming from Africa and Asia were truly exploited and are treated like slaves, working and living in poor conditions. They are not paid well and not even given paid leaves. Imagine, some Filipino women working in beauty or spa salons for 3 years were not given a full day off whereas it was stated in their job contracts that they're entitled to day-offs monthly. It's so funny that out of thousand cases filed in the labor courts by ill-treated migrant workers, only 69 cases have been processed. There's obviously unfair labor practices in Qatar. It's sad and such a shame that it continues to happen that millions of foreign migrant workers, behind those facades of the modern infrastructures like the construction of big sports dome/arenas for the 2022 World Cup were built by the modern slaves of the 21st century.
One day the God will punish these people who take the blood of these poor innocent people.
First help people living in slumps in your country
@@codez1711 those plps who r living is slums have thousands times more constitutional power and legal protection from state than any Qatari citizen living in Qatar 😒
As a 🇰🇪 Kenyan, I really feel sorry 😢
Truth is, they went there bcs their home country didn't offer them any better.
@@A.A. that's not the point. Human dignity is paramount!
@@davidnicky9161 agreed, but in homeland as well.
@@davidnicky9161 Tell that to the refugees sunken in Mediterranean sea by Europe.
My friend it depends on the company right now am leading more than 70 Kenyans and more than 200 Ugandans but they are feeling ok
This Is How Journalism Looks Like.
Hats Off To France 24 For Its Reporting And Rising This Serious Issue
6 1/2 Thousand Lives just to put on a soccer game, how inhumane is that
It's total death of 90% expatriates which includes all kinds of deaths...Don't comment blatantly
I would love to see the world sue all these employers for breach of contract and human rights violations
@Robert not sure who in the world would do it. I remember my shock on realizing we have children starving in the U.S. because so many of the very wealthy continue to increase their wealth while working families are losing their homes. Qatar appears more extreme. But wealthy everywhere have a lot to take care of in relation to the treatment of poor workers.
@Roberts
Employers negotiate and interact with in-between agents and agencies but not with the workers.
The only thing that might work is heavy sanctions. But we don't want to lose access to our precious gas. It's a trade-off.
It will never happen. This is how the wealthy in the rest of the world become so.
@@l.w.4701 😂 children are not starving in the U.S every child could get foodstamp if their parents are low income
Big city but an empty kindness. Very sad to look at it.😢😢😢
well said.
Feel really sad for this guy....being slaved yet never lost hope,,,,,God bless him with new opportunities 🙏🙏
As an Indonesian expat in Qatar, I didn't know about this though. Providing an accommodation like this is already known as unfair but upon hearing that they did not provide any canteens, I'm surprised. I have lived in Qatar for 12 years now.
What do u do there?
not to mention the numerous sexual assault to domestic helpers. People should be made aware and must stop going to these countries!
Nothing yo do with the gulf, that’s all around the world, think smarter not harder.
@@cinemathemostimportant7717I don't think . in EU or other places workers can seek help One will go to jail for worker abuse .they are not under sponsorship or inhuman bound labour . Never heard of Passport ceased by employer in any country other than middle East
Speak on it...there are numerous videos of ‘khadama’ maids being sexually assaulted/raped, murdered and their body organs harvested illegally, especially in Qatar and Saudi Arabia. They don’t consider these African maids as full human.
@@cinemathemostimportant7717 shhhhh but gulf country are the number one who mistreated their kadama rape and killing them and just trow their bodies to the dessert
They know they can treat workers like this and no one is held accountable.
This are Not migrant workers!! This are contract workers. Just like oil rig worker by the sea or miners . They all are paid wages higher than what they get paid back home!
@@theancientsancients1769 That is if they get payed 🤣🤣🤣
they give very bad examples for Non Muslims brothers
@@theancientsancients1769 no they ain't look at saudi it is the ideology of the nations
Well EU still collapsing nonetheless. Sorry Qatar didn't sell you the gas you badly needed. Not really sorry tho
Thank you France 24 for this documentary. My heart goes out for Kenyan works .
There should have been a worldwide boycott. I know it's wishful thinking.
Each and every country must take care about their citizens: jobs, access to housing, education and health care. So painful to watch these disperate people.
You're very right Galina...I witness first hand the Nepali Consulate in Doha trying to uphold their country's rules of minimum salary rate for labourer & supervisor....
The consulate staff were daily harassed & confronted with attempts to cheat, lie & circumvent their basic & decent rule to pay a decent salary by the unscrupulous construction company human resources personnel staff wanting consulate stamp & approval on hiring Nepalis...
The Qataris & their appointed favoured company personnel simply do not care, they just want to pay the lowest salary & exploit any rule & every worker.
none of them are citizens, they have zero legal power in Qatar unfortunately. not only are they treated horribly but the law is also against them
@@theendurance it says the country that they coming from who this people belong citizens of India, Kenya, Nepal etc. Their own government should care about them so that they don't go to other countries and suffer.
M 😮😢 I 😮🎉😮😢😮🎉😮🎉🎉😮🎉😮🎉😮🎉😮
Thank you for exposing the struggles of the workers. It is shocking how these people are exploited.
Most of these workers come from really poor backgrounds in India, Bangladesh, etc - the agents who recruit them eat away from their pays - they are mostly non-arab! Plus the system is tuned against the labor rights!
@@a.bharti5492 I believe as human beings we need to treat each other with dignity. None of us chosen to be born poor in a poor country. Anyway, we will be judged by the way we treat others.
so why is the game still happening i still don't get it can't it be canceled or abolished?
Why Dont you pay for each workers schools university so they can get education and prevent them going to work to this countries !
Am not defending Qatar, but France imposing as caring about humanity is an irony especially since many starving West African countries are being forced by France to pay a colonial debt
Watching this video breaks my heart to see one of the richest country in the World making people suffer like this.
Really there is no justice in the World, this world cup should be even cancel.
Thank you for the documentary.Its quite informative.
Hello how are you doing?
Like that Indian boy, I too did my schooling and spent my childhood in Qatar because of my father's work. It was a safe and convenient lifestyle but that was just about it. Expat Children who grow in the Middle East become coddled and unsure about the realities of life. It was when I went to college in India and later in Europe when I developed full into an adult and was more aware of life's issues. I felt kind of free and never really missed Qatar at all. In fact now that I think of it the memories in Qatar were just with my friends many of whom have either went back to India or left for greener pastures. In the 15 years I have lived there I have never had any contact with a local Qatari boy or girl and I don't know anyone who did. All expats lived within their comfort zone and in a state of denial that they will continue to do so forever. I'm not sure from which state of India these people are from but the the country isn't that bad as media would portray in fact the South of India is really good to retire and my parents have been living well. Most white collared Indians now prefer working in India or else anywhere but the Middle East.
Only if they get a good salary in India or if they are from a good family. Otherwise they go to live in UK, Singapore, etc.
Most Keralites go to Gulf as there is no chance of employment in Kerala. The reality of Gulf is sad, but as you mentioned it is very correct.
Lol endia has cast system, namak Haram poti Chus
You didn't have Qatari friends
Yes indeed, most expats who grew up/born in the Gulf state, tend to grow up confused as they assume they are Qataris or Saudis, only to be told they need to go back to their original country which becomes a shock to them. They arrive to their Parents country and immediately receive a cultural shock plus they cannot speak in their own Mother Tongue. They mainly speak Arabic.
So they end up having to learn their own language. They also get labeled Arabs from their own people.
That's the situation for Pakistanis youths who grew up in Saudi Arabia and is a true situation to this day.
Common practice across the region for many years. I personally witnessed similar in the UAE in the 1990s. No rule of law, zero human rights.
The conditions are FAR WORSE in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Iran, Nepal, and the Philippines, as well as all of Africa!
@@toolate6971 No. In general, your passport and ability to travel are not as restricted, nor are workers generally housed far from cities without local food sources. TL;DR Not everywhere is a prison.
Well EU still collapsing nonetheless. Sorry Qatar didn't sell you the gas you badly needed. Not really sorry tho
@@toolate6971 You can strike in all those countries and change job without fear
Don't forget that these are Arab countries. Why are you surprise
Kudos to your channel for exposing the conditions of migrant workers in gulf countries. Really sad to see the stories that you have covered. Only hope is that with international pressure things might improve. The last statement by the Kenyan worker broke my heart. Visiting gulf countries won't have the same feelings for me anymore.
Same here. I will avoid UAE (DUBAI) and Saudi with all my heart
@@SunnyWithNoChanceOfRain Ha ha ha...Don't say like that. Actually me too. But just I keep in myhart..🤣
I heard a l ot of sad stories from my fellow Filipinos who worked there. Poor living and working conditions, unpaid salaries and low pay were the usual stories for low-level skill workers. In fairness, some Filipino engineers, tech-related professionals, etc do not complain much.
My Heart truly breaks for my Kenyan brother
yeah, but after 1 year no pay then you are transfered to another place and expect change, seriously, he should have reached out to KOT after 8 months.
HE NEEDS TO BE IN MOMBASA THE BEACHSIDE WITH A BETTER SALARY--WHAT IS RUTO DOING--I DON'T WANT TO SEE AFRICANS SUFFERING EVERYWHERE DAMN IT PAINS ME.
Pray 🙏 for Yahweh intervention that a change will come
So sad to my brother
Living in Kenya is much better than enduring this BS!!! Imagine being a slave in this era.
I'm appealing to folks to stop running to foreign countries illegally as they could be exploited and their rights deprived and infringed.
as an employee in one of the biggest construction companies there in Qatar, I can testify the struggle of majority of the workers. Even in healthcare sector, they are not prioritized in the Hospitals as they are just 3rd class citizen of this country. I remember one time, we sent 1 worker in the hospital due to ulcer, from 7 am, he spent more than 9 hours waiting for the treatment. Imagine his agony due to severe stomach pain. You forgot to check the most disgusting parts of labor camps such ALATIYA AREA, UM ALAFAI AREA, SHAHANEEYA AREA. these are the worst areas for workers. such a disgrace for Qatari officers to be proud of their achievement where in fact, these abused workers are the HANDS, FEET, BRAINS and the HEART of every projects completed.
All the governments of all the oppressed workers should forbid their people to go and work in Qatar until they completely reform the system.
@@jamespacete1673 the problem is, most of the governments of these workers namely from INDIA, NEPAL, BANGLADESH, SRI LANKA and some AFRICAN COUNTRIES doesn't have the initiative to hep their citizen.
Leave at once. Qatar does not need people like you that are traitors to country that provides for them.
Qataris need jobs in their own country. Go find one in your own.
@@gabbieisler9634 The problem is that their own countries don't have basic human rights and when someone gives them a job they try to make political agenda so government subdues to their demands. That's not going to happen in Qatar or in any gulf country. You don't like the job, go find job somewhere else.
@@blackpanthar906 im not an asskisser like you, based on your name, i already knew where u came from. lol. PANTHAR? lol... typical ballslicker. chamcha
You are the TRUE voice of a humanity and I commend you for that ❤❤❤love and place
As an humane Human, I salute all of you for speaking your story here. I personally have heard people tell me how they escaped Qatar. At that point in time, I presumed it to be an individual's experience, but later as I grew up, read more, and had many more narrate the same story, I knew in that moment, I need to realise that it is a reality. Mentality of this desert cult has never changed, it has transformed into modernity! Same slavery, subjugation of women, atrocities towards LGBT community, and more! They have Sugar coated it to sell their propaganda! Very sad that they are hosting FIFA! I feel, I am going to stay away!
As a Canadian-Bangladeshi living in Canada in relative comfort, it breaks my heart to see my people and poor people around the world being treated like this by the gulf countries.
Welcome to the real world -
It's more among Asians communities also if someone owns a business he does not pay the minimum wages and misuses workers in takeaways restaurants even in Europe Asian businesses.
@@noahD1636 you must be in Qatar
Hey Aziz. This is a terrible sitautaion for poor poeple across the globe. Can I ask you something from Canada?
Same in BD bro. just visit Garments Sector and see how western brands abusing cheap labor
This is unacceptable the living conditions are appalling . All workers need to be compensated for their hard work and inconvenience of living conditions unfit for human living. Exploitation of workers is a human right violation. Thanks to France 24 for covering this painful experience of very hard working people.
So stop going to football match to be held in Qatar and stop watching TV as well.
Put to jail the employer that he never paid the workers
LOL! China has more than 100 times that working for apple.
Slavery has never been bigger, and nothing new, it's the same in Saudi Arabia, not to mention what the female 'servants' endure.
Yeah, they should ban and deport all migrant workers. Send a message to others, so they don't make the same mistake.
My heart really bleeds for these migrant workers who have been subjected to modern-day slavery. I plan to come to Qatar to work but watching this has given me second thoughts about the Middle East as a whole. I wish them success in their pursuit for happiness.
That last lines it hurts so much..... Those lines are so deep!!!!
I left dubai and I had to beg the ministry of labour to cancel my work visa. I wasn't able to leave. It was awful.
I hope you are safe now? That sounds so awful and scary.
Dubai is a best walah
@@happyahmad9689 Dubai is garbage
Glad you are back home. Not nice being imprisoned
I'm assuming you were working at a massage center?
This is beautiful documentary for real keep it up France 24
I'm still waiting for all French overseas territory documentary independent from French regime 👀👀
It's shocking that thousands of people were murdered in hard labor so we could watch football. It's inhuman. This World Cup, which is all about bribery and murder, must be boycotted.
What is beautiful about slavery?
Before replies I beg u first understand what someone meant please ,,no one is supporting slavery in dis gulf state but rather the comment reads its beautiful that French 24 channel helped us reveal the hidden truth about the pre situation in qatar 🇶🇦 so reply responsibly
@@musanjejosephyiga if you use an appealing adjective to describe a horrible situation, it confuses people.
Migrant workers were deceived and died for Qatar's World Cup.
Thousands want compensation!
Did you forget to have a report for all of the years that they were working. You just found out about the temperature ,etc now after so many years , fantastic , congratulations about tip rank reporter!
It's real shame that human rights issues are treated at a lowest level
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It’s a real shame that human rights for minorities in India are being ignored and are tortured and persecuted but Hindus like you love to poke their noses in other people’s affairs!!
@@Homes654 In India there is no slavery rule like Kafala system, it's a largest democracy...every individual has a right to choose whatever they want to do legally...nobody's salary and passport will be held if they don't want to continue with work...not sure you have the same rights there...the reason I'm poking my nose because of my fellow country men have been died suspiciously and some of them belong to our minority groups... those are treated vulnerably as per media reports...
Knowing what we know, if footballers attend this world cup then they are equally guilty of compliance with the abuses suffered in this country, they should and must make a stand and refuse to play
I absolutely 💯 agree with you, that is true not just for footballers, but all the tv channels that will show the games and the people who will watch it. Sadly, we live in a mostly cold hearted world.compassion,empathy versus greed and power.
FIFA is a mafia
Do not come to watch the World Cup and also don’t watch the matches telecast in the tv
@@azzu0124 I couldn't care less about football.
So sad to hear that they take advance the worker . Why do people still want to support the World Cup game ? If people don’t care to watch World Cup all of this wouldn’t happen. 😢
Love from india.. 🇮🇳
Good to know FRANCE 24 is covering those issues that
AL-JAZEERA doesn't have the spine to cover about its Masters the Qataris.
I hope Qatari business are also forced into taking guardianship whenever they want to start business in other countries.
I hope the world never forgives the Qataris for their guardianship system after the oil runs out.
watch nas daily expose al jazeera
@Mamoon Ashameeri oil may be there.. but humans will move away from fossil fuel
First, stand against your own country for human rights and violations. Indians are always there at the time of blaming Muslims
Well EU still collapsing nonetheless. Sorry Qatar didn't sell you the gas you badly needed. Not really sorry tho
Politicians all over the world are hypocrites, take Swedish female ministers, when they visited Iran all of them put hijab on meeting Islamic republic’s criminal regime. They call themselves feminists!!
Feel sorry for the Kenyan guy . at the end He was near to crying when talked about not able to help his mother . wonder how he survived for a year in this place. his company probably is punishing him for striking.. hope now he is in a better place
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how did a country that doesn't have basic standards for workers get to host a glossy world cup , as a façade to show the world how rich and developed they are. I ve heard these migrant workers are currently trapped in an industrial zone in south west Doha , being kept far away from the World Cup so that no media find them and discover the true extent of their suffering
The bloods and sweats spilled....one day all of this will come down crumbling to the sand...
My cousion brother was in uae he was not paid for six month,his father was ill in hospital in bangladesh,he asked his employer still did not pay him,he called me in uk to send him some food money,i have sent him £150.00 for food eventually he went home but his father passed away he was not able to see his father alive.These people are ruthless heartless treat people like slaves.🇧🇩
Very tragic
Why didnt he report the company at the court ??
I appreciate France 24 News and am very proud for being watched this!
Let the France 24 cover the uprising going on in the French capital including the issue taking place in Mali....
@@zj760 Mali,choose to part away from the French and kiss putin's hand, so enjoy the wagner musicians, and send your complains to "Russia times".
Thank you France 24 News!!!
Thanks France 24 News for bring this eye opener documentary.
My husbnd & i once worked in qatar and fortunately our respective employers provided us with descent budget for accomodation.
It is just unfortunate that some companies does not comply, which the qatar govt should be alarmed already as this reality is coming out in social media and it will be a shame to qatar as a whole
Hello how are you doing...?
Low income migrant workers are literally modern day slaves .
Especially in construction.
This is the people who physically build all skyscrapers in luxury cities in GCC.
Their condition in camp is very poor.
They get extremely low payment and they work in extreme heat.
I know it personally since I was working as an engineer in a construction company in Dubai and I felt so bad and I quit in my 3rd year.
This is very heartbreaking I’m a former worker in Middle East but I’m lucky my boss was good but no day off,some of my friends were abuse no salary,that’s why I left after 2 1/2 years,let the world knows this.
No days off?
That's the condition of other Arabs in the Gulf states too.
No one lives good in the Gulf except citizens, tourists and CEOs.
If you were not getting off days, your boss wasn’t good. You’re a human being not a machine
@@gt1697 Right. Also, F24 need to look at themselves with same lens too. Check the treatment of algerians in France!
The world knows and doesn’t care- you’re on your own
@@a.bharti5492 Look up "tu quoque". It's what you're doing right now.
From a little boy I have loved football, and so longed for the world cup to come around again, this year I just can't allow my heart to be hardened and watch it, while my fellow man is suffering with so many families grieving, these people kill the oxygen of life ( HOPE )
I pity them 😥
Where is justice to these poor workers? They do not deserve this!
Shocking, heartbreaking 💔
Me being Swiss, I'm ashamed that FIFA is headquartered is in our beautiful city of Zürich. 😭😭😭😭😭
Does your country or you give employment to such people or u donate to poor country talking is easy doing is diffi3
@@micheallawerance5715
Doesn't donation and the humanitarian work that Switzerland does across the world have positive impact on some people's lives? If the only job you can offer is slavery like, then just don't do it. Switzerland isn't in need of building massive infrastructure plans, their's already is one of the best in the world...and hence it isn't in need of migrant workers. So why should it employ such workers in the first place? To prove a point?
The ungodly treatment of thousands of human lives, who built such visual magnificence, should be punished by severe privation of the perpetrators.
With all the oil money, those laborers should have been fed food of high nutrition and they should have been given cool apartments so that they could recover from working all day in 53 Celsius heat. There should have been busses to take them wherever they wanted during off hours.
The evil monsters who enslaved these hopeful workers, I have no further words for….😭
4:37 lol dude just turns on the lights and wakes everyone up
Heartbreaking situation...how can such rich rich country like Qatar can be able to see the suffering and mistreatment of the workers... you are proud to show the world what you have done at the expensese of thi migrant workers.. praying that they will have justice on this workers ...who work very hard and the due should be given to them....
And this is exactly why people from all over the world want to come to the US and EU. We've got our own problems but if you're hard working then you get the opportunities to be rewarded accordingly. Western and democratic values, while not perfect, is the closest thing compared to the rest.
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In my opinion US and European multinational companies are the best companies to work for. You get paid and you get the benefits.
But isn't easy to USA n Europe 😕
@@nsobyabob who said it is going to be easy? If you are educated and hard working, you have a better chance. Therefore it is very important for all to get their countries in order and keep their people.
People need to fix their own country instead of moving to another.
After viewing this video I can't help but wonder how lucky we are to live in are great country, and I feel so much more appreciative for being born in this great place we call home, sometimes we forget how good we have it here, and I feel sorry for the people they are showing.
That's because you are not migrant. That's why it's important to hold government accountable. Conditions of migrants in France and Europe is even worse, they will sink your boat before you even reach there.
These people have to work in these countries because their own government are much worse and can't even give them to eat.
What country is that ? The US. I’m from the US
What hell country are you talking about?
That's why we must maintain our good life by paying others as little as possible, preferably just enough to eat for the day , that will give u leverage and power over them to use as you please like a god
If I was Qatar I would sponsor only young hot girls into Qatar then I will have power over them for very very good reasons
Ibrahim, pole sana mtoto wetu Mungu akuonekanie upate job and meet your dreams, it's so painful to go back home with empty hands but again, with good health God will open doors for you. Mungu yuko
I am Christian emigrant from Mozambique, I alway wanted to emigrate to this part of the world but only one church in Doha, that is highly unwelcome I have heard...
It just breaks my heart to see how the vulnerable among us are being subjected to conditions that pass for slavery.
You will see worse when you go to France. Europeans will sink your boat in middle of sea.
Who is enslaving them?
@@Theiron2142 Neocolonialism and economic inequality
@@Theiron2142 are you serious? Did you even watch the documentary? Stating you'll provide certain things and then not. Doing such, very similar to what the British did to the Indians from India (promised them land) and took them to the new world "only to work as slaves and not getting what they were promised.
I can't stand how these gulf countries abuse their helpers/workers. 😠
Yep and The West turn a blind eye.
I wonder why? could it be the OIL revenues and the vested interest of Gulf Oil, hmmmm
It happens in western countries too. Asian workers were paid less then they’re white counterparts!!! So look at your own country before pointing fingers!!!
everything shining is not gold it breaks my heart to see The plight of migrant workers in Qatar •Thanks to FRANCE 24 English good job .
I experienced that in early 1990 and still happening today? My colleagues who are lowly workers earn 200 riyal and yet the company can’t pay them on time. 1 year arrears and they get paid 3 months worth then no salary again for 6 months before getting 2 months till it reaches 2 years worth. The guys lived off by eating rice with sautéed onions and tomatoes.
I'm stationed over here under the US Army as are a lot of European and Turkish forces. Most of these workers are very nice and are always smiling. You can see the hurt in their eyes. The hard work on their hands. And the toll it takes on them. This is true around most Gulf States. Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, and others.
Have you ever seen the condition of workers in Israel? France24 does not have balls to speak about it.
If you will speak about it, you might end up getting court Marshalled.
Thanks Dillon
If their conditons are soo bad what do they keep going???? Honestly...don't you understand what propagada is for?
@@blackpanthar906 go undercover like this one, bring out true and real videos like this and people would believe you're not just making up stories.
Well Muslims were the original slave owners in History. Everybody always thinks it’s the white man but it’s actually Muslim.
And the french football team will protest by going to the World Cup and enjoying all their hospitality
All of the invited football teams will go, enjoy themselves, and look the other way from all of the suffering that went in to making it possible. Just like fans will still watch, even those who know about these abuses. It's sad.
This is why we have UN and other bodies to ensure countries all over the world comply to some basic standard. But alas it is just a platform for global diplomacy and politics where no words hold any weightage.
@@induser11677 sorry but the UN doesn’t and won’t enforce human rights in any country. If anything they have been found to exploit people where they patrol
Farzanna is really smart and so is her son, I hope he can do well in his studies and help his mom.
This situation is not only in Qatar all the gulf countries
#24 thanks for exploring this video
My heart is broken by the plight of my kenyan brother...May GOD guide him
I currently live in qatar and I can prove the judiciary isn't doing anything. I worked for 1 year and 4 months in a security company and resigned after being offerd a better job. The sponsor company refused to give my passport and blocked my visa application. I'm currently stranded in the country.
why not go to your embassy and report?
Nenda embassy utasaidika
somebody told me ukitaka kufanya kazi kwa company unanunua kazi kwa 100k huko Qatar,
Ur employee paid money for ur goverment for ur contract and visa u should give him back the remain amout of the contract in this case he have to let u go and work with any other company be fair to him and he will be fair to u
Very sad! Heart breaking!
Once these oil dumps go dry they gonna go back to finding pearls in backwaters 😂
Hello how are you doing...
This is what i was going through in the past two years, my friend i felt it.
Rachel is such a good mother, may god bless her and her family
Not only Qatar, but all the gulf countries are the same.
I worked in Qatar for 7 years as a company nurse working in construction sites. I can confirm this report regarding the poor working condition of workers especially people coming from asian countries like bangladesh, india, philippines, pakistan and nepal. I've seen worst things than this as I was also subjected to this treatment even though I am a Nurse by profession. Asian workers are severely discriminated against by Arabs and treated like sub-human. Living condition for workers coming from arab muslim countries like Egypt, Sudan, Yemen, Morroco etc. are better compensated with better salary and accomodation. while asian workers live in shanties. Taking photos and videos of the situation and posting it online is prohibited. Protesting or complaining can lead to automatic deportation. It's hell on earth and I don't have plans of returning. very bad experience. I can speak now because I'm free from the hellhole that is Qatar.
I am an Indian staying in Oman. Oman is very different than other gcc countries. There is no such exploitation.
Surely Oman is a better country with nice nationals. Thanks to Sultan Qaboos influence
Hindus going to Muslim Arab countries to earn money which they can’t go and then complaining. If they don’t get their money they should complain straightaway to their Indian agents who sent them there instead of then crying later.
This is truly a sad story to hear. I pray for the young men and women who are in this situation will get justice and compensate for their work. The Greed of this World is awful.
The reality of no civil rights laws.
From my personal experience in the labor intense service industry in the GCC, these issues arise from huge gaps in two main bodies, 1. the governments and policy makers with their local multinational consulting firms, 2. the private sector and SMEs mostly run by expats.
The exponential growth that these countries have realized due to their large oil profits (which btw was created by developed countries demand) have created these gaps and exploitations due to the failure of bringing the authorities/policy makers up to speed with the fast economic growth and subsequently brought these inhuman and unjust labor rights. Not to mention the shortage in local human resources in most of these countries which are populated by 90% of expats.
He can easily be identified by his employer because you (France 24 English) don't care whatever happens to that poor worker so long as you continue to earn huge profits. After this report, a day or a week later, that poor guy might be jobless.
True talk
What difference does it make he isnt being paid.
He agreed to it lol
I am a Kenyan and I can say for a fact the accent of the worker is NOT Kenyan. The journalist may hve just used the name Kenya to help conceal his identity, however this will bring problems to the Kenyan workers if any. The expose is gud but they shud not hve mentioned any Country name
@@hendricaoduba6028 why you don't believe he is Kenyan but certainly he sound like east African