"Nearly 60% of Qatar population live in 'labour camps'", 5 Jun 2016

Almost 60 per cent of Qatar's 2.4 million population live in what the government calls "labour camps", figures from an April 2015 census showed Sunday, highlighting the issue of the emirate's huge migrant workforce. The figures from the Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics (MDPS) revealed that 1.4 million people live in what the department officially designates as "labour camps"...The accommodation of migrant labourers working on Qatar's numerous infrastructure projects has long been a contentious issue...Qatar has responded to the criticism by building new workers' housing complexes, including the US$825 million "Labour City" south of the capital Doha, which incorporates shops, cinemas and a cricket stadium.