Qatar

[40FootRoad]

Kicking the workers out of their homes to make way for fans. I wonder if this will make the main news channels, or will it be suppressed for the sake of not upsetting the Qatari rulers, in the wake of the German ambassador being summoned for remarks made.

Exclusive: Thousands of workers evicted in Qatar's capital ahead of World Cup

The move forced mainly Asian and African workers to seek what shelter they could, including bedding down on the pavement outside one of their former homes.

www.reuters.com

 

[Jedi boro]

Kicking the workers out of their homes to make way for fans. I wonder if this will make the main news channels, or will it be suppressed for the sake of not upsetting the Qatari rulers, in the wake of the German ambassador being summoned for remarks made.

Exclusive: Thousands of workers evicted in Qatar's capital ahead of World Cup

The move forced mainly Asian and African workers to seek what shelter they could, including bedding down on the pavement outside one of their former homes.

www.reuters.com

It was always going to happen.

 

[ForssAwakens]

Tbh I’m surprised worker live in conditions suitable for fans

 

[Wiseman_Vaughn]

Tbh I’m surprised worker live in conditions suitable for fans

Yep - Labour camps in that part of the world are truly shocking

 

[Centralscrutinizer]

Tbh I’m surprised worker live in conditions suitable for fans

That's what I was thinking. The story doesn't really add up

 

[40FootRoad]

That's what I was thinking. The story doesn't really add up

Maybe it's down to how the Qatari's perception of your average football fan. I'm thinking of recent events such as the Euro final at Wembley and the Paris debacle. Although the vast majority of fans would be innocent bystanders, nevertheless the negative publicity given by the press would have taken precedence in the eyes of the world, especially the middle east.

 

[thewanderer]

Hard detect any enthusiasm for this world cup at all.

 

[Jedi boro]

That's what I was thinking. The story doesn't really add up

They are using absolutely everything and everywhere so as I say less people being there is good for Qatar.

Tent cities etc

 

[NorthumberlandBoro]

Hard detect any enthusiasm for this world cup at all.

Just wrong place,wrong time for me

 

[Cardiffdaffs]

Just wrong place,wrong time for me

Just wrong place is enough

 

[BaronSmoggie]

Thats nothing new. The US did the same thing in 1996 for the Olympic Games, Rio did it in 2016, Sydney in 2000, Seoul, Barcelona, Tokyo. Lets not make out this is a recent issue and limited to the Middle East.

 

[Liamo]

Kicking the workers out of their homes to make way for fans.

That's not what the article suggests. They're evicting the workers and locking the buildings. There's no indication the accommodation blocks will be used for fans, it just says that there will be some fans staying nearby.

 

[Cardiffdaffs]

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