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'Squalid' conditions may kill off 4,000 more workers before Qatar World Cup: Report

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ANI Washington

An international federation of trade unions has reportedly estimated that 4,000 more migrant workers could die before the 2022 FIFA World Cup gets underway and pointed the blame at the 'squalid' living conditions of the workers.

After visiting labor camps near the Qatari capital of Doha and drawing on data from the Indian and Nepalese embassies, the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has issued the searing report chronicling the labor and human rights abuses unfolding in the host country of the World Cup.

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First Published: Mar 22 2014 | 11:32 AM IST

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