At least 90 migrant workers were reported to have died from alleged corporate abuse or neglect in the past year, but the number of deaths not publicly reported is probably much higher, according to data from the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRRC), a non-government organisation…

The report is based on publicly documented information published between December 2022 and 30 November 2023, by NGOs, government publications and the media, which the BHRRC gathered and analysed...

BHRRC also analysed reports on individual companies linked to alleged migrant worker abuse and found that Fifa, Meta and Tesco were the companies most frequently cited in cases recorded in the database…

A Fifa spokesperson said: “We regret that the report referred to does not take into account the far-reaching measures implemented by the tournament organisers...

A Tesco spokesperson said: “Protecting human rights in our supply chains is central to how we do business – any form of human rights abuse is unacceptable, and we expect all our suppliers to respect the rights of workers and the communities in which they operate...

Meta did not respond to a request for comment.