{"id":1650975,"date":"2022-09-21T10:05:55","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T14:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1650975"},"modified":"2022-09-21T10:06:25","modified_gmt":"2022-09-21T14:06:25","slug":"soccer-englands-fa-calls-for-qatars-migrant-workers-to-be-compensated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/soccer-englands-fa-calls-for-qatars-migrant-workers-to-be-compensated\/","title":{"rendered":"Soccer-England\u2019s FA calls for Qatar\u2019s migrant workers to be compensated"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsoccer-englands-fa-calls-for-qatars-migrant-workers-to-be-compensated%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1650975&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>(Reuters) -England\u2019s Football Association (FA) said on Wednesday families of migrant workers in Qatar who were injured or killed while constructing the infrastructure for this year\u2019s World Cup should be compensated.<\/p>\n<p>Qatar has faced intense criticism from human rights groups over its treatment of migrant workers, who along with other foreigners comprise the bulk of the country\u2019s population.<\/p>\n<p>Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and FairSquare said on Tuesday FIFA\u2019s partners and World Cup sponsors must urge world soccer\u2019s governing body and the Qatari government to compensate migrant workers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe continue to push for the principle of compensation for the families of migrant workers who have lost their lives or have been injured in construction projects,\u201d FA chief executive Mark Bullingham said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAgain, we are pushing FIFA for an update on the compensation fund which has been consistently referenced as a safety net where workers and their families have been unable to secure compensation from the construction companies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The government of Qatar has said its labour system is a work in progress, but denied a 2021 Amnesty report that thousands of migrant workers were still being exploited.<\/p>\n<p>LABOUR PROTECTION<\/p>\n<p>Bullingham said the FA was also lobbying FIFA for an update on new labour protection laws in the Gulf state and the introduction of a centre to provide advice and help for migrant workers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is clear that Qatar has brought in progressive legislation in the last few years to give workers rights, so this concept will help this legislation to take effect,\u201d Bullingham said.<\/p>\n<p>In May, Amnesty and other rights groups had called on FIFA to set aside $440 million for compensation for human rights abuses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s announcement is welcome, but the FA now needs to specifically support a FIFA compensation fund for abused workers and the families of those who\u2019ve died to make the World Cup happen,\u201d Felix Jakens, Amnesty\u2019s UK head of priority campaigns, said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe FA\u2019s pledge to support efforts to remedy abuses suffered by thousands of overseas workers in Qatar \u2026 could be significant, but we still need to see whether this is seriously taken up either by the Qatari authorities or by FIFA.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>England skipper Harry Kane and captains of seven other European nations who have qualified for the World Cup will wear an anti-discrimination armband during the tournament in Qatar, where homosexuality is illegal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs captains we may all be competing against each other on the pitch, but we stand together against all forms of discrimination,\u201d Kane said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is even more relevant at a time when division is common in society. Wearing the armband together on behalf of our teams will send a clear message when the world is watching.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fair Square said it broadly welcomed the FA\u2019s announcements but added the organisation\u2019s measures to take a stand on issues surrounding the World Cup fall short of what is required.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cColoured armbands are no substitute for clear demands for FIFA,\u201d Fair Square wrote on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the English FA\u2019s support in principle for key issues is welcome, it falls well short on the detail and specificity that those affected by the World Cup need from participating nations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The World Cup begins on Nov. 20 and runs through to Dec. 18.<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Hritika Sharma in Bengaluru,Editing by Christian Radnedge and Ed Osmond)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/soccer-englands-fa-calls-for\/workers-are-seen-inside-the-lusail-stadium-which-is-under-2\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI8K0LF-BASEIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI8K0LF-BASEIMAGE\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Reuters) -England\u2019s Football Association (FA) said on Wednesday families of migrant workers in Qatar who were injured or killed while constructing the infrastructure for this year\u2019s World Cup should be<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1650975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1650975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1650975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1650975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1650975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1650975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1650975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}