Residents and workers in central Doha reported on Saturday, October 29, 2022 that hundreds of migrant workers had been evicted by Qatari officials, putting a new pall over the World Cup countdown.
According to locals, municipal personnel and security guards entered roughly 12 buildings late on Wednesday to empty them out and secure them in preparation for the tournament’s start on November 20, 2022.
The authorities claimed that all evictees had been placed in “safe and appropriate lodging” and that the structures were “uninhabitable,” proper notice had been given.
Some World Cup spectators will stay in residences in the neighbourhood, where dozens of mechanical diggers are parked in the streets, and the affected region has just undergone extensive redevelopment, especially near Al-Mansoura.
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Three nights after being ejected from one block, Yunus, a Bangladeshi driver, was sleeping on the flat-bed truck’s back on a street in Al Mansoura in the early hours of Saturday.
There wasn’t enough space for everyone to move to other locations the first night, he claimed.
In any case, he continued, “This truck is my life and I will not leave it until I have somewhere to park it” close to the new residence.
Yunus claimed that it was his third forced relocation in the last three years.
More over 80% of Qatar’s 2.8 million people are migrants, primarily from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal, the Philippines, and African countries like Kenya and Uganda.
Regarding the treatment of foreign workers who constructed the majority of the gleaming new stadiums and World Cup transportation infrastructure, Qatar has come under heavy scrutiny.
In any case, he continued, “This truck is my life and I will not leave it until I have somewhere to park it” close to the new residence.
Yunus claimed that it was his third forced relocation in the last three years.
More over 80% of Qatar’s 2.8 million people are migrants, primarily from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal, the Philippines, and African countries like Kenya and Uganda.
Regarding the treatment of foreign workers who constructed the majority of the gleaming new stadiums and World Cup transportation infrastructure, Qatar has come under heavy scrutiny.
“They were good clients. I had brought in extra rice because they buy so much, now I am left with it,” the manager added.
“In this case, it is the timing so close to the World Cup that is all wrong.”
