... abuse of migrant workers including Nepalis has once again surfaced in Qatar, the Persian Gulf nation that hosts the football extravaganza...

“Workers’ testimony has clearly shown that whatever the promises the State of Qatar and multinational companies claimed to have made for protecting workers are either not implemented or only in place for the sake of showing,” Barun Ghimire, lawyer and one of the contributors to the report [said]

“Workers were not even aware of any such policies or arrangements. Most of them told us that they were not able to change their current jobs and move elsewhere freely. Qatar’s pledged policies have not reached the ground to benefit workers.”...

“Qatari authorities and employer’s commitment towards the protection of foreign workers is not as good as they have projected it. Workers were even complacent with their conditions which is the failure of not making them aware,

“Workers were sceptical about policies, for instance, the freedom of changing jobs. They showed a lack of trust in promised improvements. If the targeted groups do not show confidence in policies brought out to them, then it does not mean much, and it can be understood that they were not well informed.”