Qatar 2022 raises more questions of how to navigate modern football’s moral maze
We have heard a great deal about Qatar in the following 11 years. We’ve been through the corruption allegations, the realisation that it’s hot in the summer in the Middle East and the tragedy of the (disputed) number of migrant worker deaths.
The latest Amnesty International report into private security firms who employ tens of thousands of migrant workers in Qatar is pretty damning. It says they are still subject to “forced labour” and a number of other abuses and it criticises Fifa for failing “to put in place adequate processes” to address these issues.
Time to find out if the working conditions of migrants really have changed. Talk about what life is like for the LGBTQ+ community in Qatar. Talk about how women are being treated as second class citizens.