{"id":1755335,"date":"2022-11-29T13:34:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T18:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1755335"},"modified":"2022-11-29T13:34:05","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T18:34:05","slug":"over-400-migrant-workers-died-preparing-for-qatar-world-cup-official-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/over-400-migrant-workers-died-preparing-for-qatar-world-cup-official-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 400 Migrant Workers Died Preparing For Qatar World Cup, Official Says"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fover-400-migrant-workers-died-preparing-for-qatar-world-cup-official-says%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=1755335&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>Between 400 to 500 migrant workers died in preparation for Qatar\u2019s World Cup, according to an official from the local organizing committee.<\/p>\n<p>The new report from Hassan al-Thawadi, the secretary-general of the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy, was shared during an interview with Pier Morgan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is the honest, realistic total do you think of migrant workers who died from \u2013 as a result of work they\u2019re doing for the World Cup in totality?\u201d Morgan asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe estimate is around 400, between 400 and 500. I don\u2019t have the exact number. That\u2019s something that\u2019s been discussed,\u201d al-Thawadi <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QPaGtOLkUt8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> Morgan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne death is a death too many. Plain and simple,\u201d he later added.<\/p>\n<p>The previous report by Qatar\u2019s government noted 40 deaths, listing only three as workplace-related and 37 from non-working health concerns, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/world-cup-sports-health-soccer-covid-e19bd8a30f7f9be62cf10bad496639ff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to<\/a> the Associated Press.\u00a0A 2021 report by The Guardian placed the death toll much higher, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2021\/feb\/23\/revealed-migrant-worker-deaths-qatar-fifa-world-cup-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claiming<\/a> that more than 6,500 migrant workers had died in Qatar since 2011.<\/p>\n<p>The findings included information from India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka, listing 5,927 deaths of migrant workers between 2011\u20132020. The Guardian also noted that Pakistan\u2019s embassy in Qatar reported another 824 deaths of Pakistani workers between 2010-2020.<\/p>\n<p>The report included 2,711 deaths reported from India, 1,641 from Nepal, 1,018 from Bangladesh, and 557 from Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough each loss of life is upsetting, the mortality rate among these communities is within the expected range for the size and demographics of the population,\u201d Qatari government officials\u00a0<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gco.gov.qa\/en\/2021\/02\/gco-statement-guardian-article\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said in a statement<\/a>\u00a0responding to the Guardian. \u201cSince 2010, there has been a consistent decline in the mortality rate as a result of the health and safety reforms we have introduced. We expect this downward trend to continue in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 2022 World Cup is the first time that the event has been held in the Middle East. Other controversies related to Qatar\u2019s hosting of the World Cup have included a last-minute ban on beer sales, along with concerns related to LGBTQ and women\u2019s rights.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple European teams at the World Cup dropped a plan at the last minute to wear armbands supporting LGBTQ rights. In a joint statement from the Football Associations of England, Wales, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, and Switzerland, the teams <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/world-cup-teams-back-down-on-rainbow-armbands-after-fifa-threats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> the captains would not be wearing \u201cOneLove\u201d armbands during the games.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. team also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/u-s-mens-soccer-team-redesigns-red-white-and-blue-crest-with-rainbow-colors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">redesigned<\/a> the crest displayed around its base for the World Cup in Qatar, replacing the traditional red, white, and blue stripes with rainbow colors. The team continued to use the traditional crest with red, white, and blue stripes on their uniforms during games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Between 400 to 500 migrant workers died in preparation for Qatar\u2019s World Cup, according to an official from the local organizing committee. The new report from Hassan al-Thawadi, the secretary-general of the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy, was shared during an interview with Pier Morgan. \u201cWhat is the honest, realistic total do you think &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":325,"featured_media":1755342,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1755335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1755335","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\/325"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1755335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1755335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1755342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1755335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1755335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1755335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}