Wednesday, June 03, 2015

279 migrant Indian workers died in Qatar last year, Amnesty report says...

As many as 279 migrant workers from India, one of the largest migrant worker sending countries, died in 2014 in Qatar - the host of 2022 Fifa World Cup, Amnesty International said in its latest report.

Titled "Promising Little, Delivering Less: Qatar and Migrant Abuse ahead of the 2022 Football World Cup", the report cites official statistics of the government of India.

According to figures released by the London-based human rights body, 279 Indian migrant workers died in Qatar in 2014. These figures are of migrant worker deaths from all causes, including fatalities not directly related to labour conditions.

"441 number of migrant workers from India and Nepal, the largest migrant worker sending countries, who died in Qatar in 2014," says the report, that puts the number of Nepalese deaths at 162.

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