Human rights groups warn of the death of immigrant workers

Human rights groups warn against “increasing” the death of migrant construction workers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, as they are preparing to host the World Cup in 2034.

Workers already die from the incidents of the workplace that can be prevented in the country, according to Human Rights Watch and Versuari, which published both reports today.

Reports say that many of these deaths are incorrectly classified as occurring because of the natural causes and the families of workers are not compensated.

Both groups called on the Saudi authorities to ensure the basic safety protection of the huge work force in the country.

“The 2034 Saudi World Cup will be the largest and most expensive ever, but it can also have the highest cost in human life, as millions of migrant workers are building infrastructure, including 11 new stadiums, a railway and transport network, and 185,000 hotel rooms,” said Minki Warden, director of international initiatives at Human Rights Watch.

The warnings come a day after the visit of the FIFA president, Gianni Infantino, alongside Donald Trump – attends an investment forum in the United States.

FIFA – the World Football Administration Authority – says it has “a fixed commitment to protecting and strengthening human rights in the context of its operations.”

But Human Rights Watch accused FIFA of failing to learn lessons from The death of migrant workers in the period before the World Cup in Qatar In 2022.

It is difficult to obtain data on migrant deaths in a country where the Human Rights Group is prohibited in a very limited way and trade unions are banned.

But Human Rights Watch conducted an interview with the capture of 31 Bangladesh, India and Nepal workers who fell from the highlands, were crushed or beheaded by heavy machines or were electricity.

The heat is another great concern, as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia intensifies construction work in preparation for hosting the 2034 championship.

In March, it was reported that it fell from the construction site in a stadium in the eastern city of Khobar – the first death of the World Cup.

Last year, the Saudi government said that there were “concrete achievements” in occupational health and safety, with low death rates and injuries.

FIFA also praised the “important steps” that Saudi Arabia has taken to reform labor laws since 2018.

But the Global Building Federation, BWI, said that there was a “height that warns of danger” in the incidents that could have been prevented.

“This is the result of systematic negligence, corruption, insufficient control and accountability,” said Bwi Secretary -General, Secretary -General of Ameter Yozon.

The Saudi medical authorities rarely create anatts to establish the exact cause of migrant workers deaths, according to Fairsquare.

“Hundreds of thousands of young people, who have young families, are placed in the work system that poses a dangerous danger to their lives, a medical system that does not have the ability to determine the cause of their death, and a political system that does not seem to protect them either or discover how they died, not to mention compensation for families that have been shattered through the neglect of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.”

He described FIFA human rights policies as a “trick.”

“While FIFA praises the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the rafters and western law firms that are highly the most beautiful, they generate huge profits to create the reputation of Saudi Arabia, children in places like Nepal grow up without their parents and have never learned how they died,” he said. “

FIFA Human Rights Watch has told that she plans to create a workers ’care system for mandatory standards and enforcement mechanisms for construction and providing services related to the World Cup in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

In a message, she said: “We are convinced that the measures that were implemented to ensure that construction companies respect the rights of their workers at the FIFA World Cup sites can set a new standard for protecting workers in the country and contributing to the wider labor reform process, and helping to promote protection for workers on the World Cup sites and beyond.”

but Human Rights Watch No more details were provided on how the social welfare system works.

The group said: “The Saudi authorities, FIFA and other employers must ensure that all migrant workers deaths, regardless of the perceived cause, time and place are properly investigated and that families from the deceased workers are treated with dignity and receive fair and timely compensation.”

BBC is close to the Saudi authorities to comment.