Qatar World Cup toll: ‘Hundreds’ of Indian migrant workers dead in two years — RT News

Qatar World Cup toll: ‘Hundreds’ of Indian migrant workers dead in two years — RT News:

More than 450 Indian migrant workers in Qatar have died in the last two years, media revealed on Monday. Another upcoming report will show that 400 Nepalese have lost their lives scrambling to get the Gulf state ready for the 2022 World cup.

At least 237 Indian migrants lost their lives in Qatar in 2012 and another 218 in 2013 up to December 5, AFP reported on Monday, citing figures received via a Right to Information request filed at the Indian embassy in Qatar.

 

 

Labourers work at a construction site in Doha.(Reuters / Stringer)