According to most dictionaries "sport" is usually depicted as " an enjoyable pursuit", but we live in capitalism - a society that distorts everything. 'More than 400 Nepalese migrant workers have died on World Cup building sites as the Gulf state Qatar prepares to host the event in 2022, a report will reveal this week. The grim statistic comes from the Pravasi Nepali Co-ordination Committee, a respected human rights organisation which compiles lists of the dead using official sources in Doha.' (Observer, 16 February) In its relentless drive for bigger and bigger profits the health and safety and life itself means little to the owning class - to which 400 grieving families can now testify. RD
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Add to these tragic figures that the Indian embassy in Qatar says over 450 Indian migrant workers have died in the Persian Gulf state over the past two years. It said on average about 20 Indian migrants died in Qatar each month. Most of the workers building the infrastructure for the 2022 World Cup. Migrant workers in Qatar live in extremely inhumane and sordid conditions and they are deprived of any workplace security.
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