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Article

9 May 2024

Author:
Paul MacInnes, The Guardian (UK),
Author:
// Amnesty International,
Author:
Amnistia Internacional

Amnesty urges Fifa to publish report on Qatar migrant worker compensation

Fifa must publish an independent report into its responsibilities to migrant workers in Qatar and begin the process of providing financial compensation, Amnesty International has said.

The human rights organisation has called on Fifa to finally publish the report by Michael Llamas, president of the Gibraltar Football Association, before its congress in Bangkok next week. According to those familiar with the process, the Llamas report has found Fifa has a responsibility to provide financial remedy to workers or the families of workers involved in 2022 World Cup projects in Qatar and that its conclusions were approved by the executive Fifa council in March. The Guardian understands the report is under review by Fifa stakeholders but that the governing body remains committed to its publication…

…In 2022 Fifa signalled it would be open to considering financial remedy for workers and their families but that position changed during the World Cup, with its president, Gianni Infantino, ultimately announcing that any legacy fund would be used to develop the game across the world instead…

In January Lise Klaveness, the head of the Norwegian Football Federation (NFF)…insisted the report was “due” and called for more transparency on how the issue was being dealt with.

The Guardian has contacted Fifa for comment.