Human rights groups warn about the death of migrants

Human rights groups warn about the “splash” about the death of migrants in Saudi Arabia when it is preparing for the 2034 World Cup.

According to Human Rights Watch and Fairsquare, already published reports, employees are already dying from prevented workplace accidents.

Many such cases of death are incorrectly classified as happened because of natural causes, and the families of the workers are not offset, the reports said.

Both groups called on the Saudi Arabian authorities to provide basic security protection for the huge migrant labor force in the country.

“The Saudi World Cup in Saudi in 2034 will be the largest and most expensive if you are, but it can also have the highest costs in human life, as millions of migrant workers are building infrastructure, including 11 new stadiums, railway and transit network and 185,000 hotel rooms,” said Minka Woch.

The warnings come a day after FIFA President Gianni Infantina visited the country along with Donald Trump, who visited the US -Saudi -Investment Forum.

FIFA is the world governing body of football – he says he has “unwavering commitment to protecting and promoting human rights in the context of his activity.”

But Human Rights Watch accused FIFA of not learning lessons The death of migrant workers as a result of the World Cup in Qatar In 2022.

Migrant death data is difficult to come to a country where human rights groups have very limited access and unions are prohibited.

But Human Rights Watch interviewed families from 31 workers from Bangladesh, India and Nepal, which fell from a height, crushed or beheaded by heavy equipment or were summed up on electric current.

The warmth is another major problem, as Saudi Arabia is increasing construction work, preparing for the 2034 tournament.

It was reported that in March, Pakistani foreman Muhammad Arshad fell from the construction site at the stadium built in the eastern city of Al -Hobor – the first death related to the World Cup.

Last year, the Saudi Arabian government said in the field of occupational safety and safety were “sensitive achievements” and the death rate and injury decreased.

FIFA also praised “significant steps” made by Saudi Arabia to reform its labor laws since 2018.

But the World Union of Construction Worker, BWI, said there was a “disturbing rise” in the accident that could be prevented.

“This is the result of systematic negligence, corruption and insufficient supervision and accountability,” said BWI Secretary General Yusan.

And Saudi medical authorities rarely conduct exposures to establish the exact cause of the death of migrant workers, reports Fair.

“Hundreds of thousands of young people, many of whom have young families, fall into the work system, which poses a serious risk to their lives, a medical system that is unable to determine the cause of death, and a political system that does not seem to protect them or find out how they have died, not to mention that the families who have crashed in the Saudi Saudi” Lynch.

He described FIFA’s human rights policy as “fake”.

“While FIFA praises Saudi Arabia to rafters and high -paid Western law firms, they bring a huge profit for the curation of Saudi Arabia’s reputation, children, such as Nepal, grow without their parents and do not even find out how they died, he said.”

FIFA told Human Rights Watch what plans to create a workers’ well -being system for compulsory standards and mechanisms for compulsory execution and service in Saudi Arabia.

The letter states: “We are convinced that the measures that are implemented in order for construction companies to respect the rights of their employees on the FIFA World Cup websites can set a new standard of protection of workers in the country and contribute to a broader process of work reform, helping to increase protection for workers on the World Cup and abroad.”

But Human Rights Watch They said no more details were presented how the well -being system would work.

“The Saudi authorities, FIFA and other employers should guarantee that all the deaths of migrant workers, regardless of the perceived cause, time and place, are properly investigated and that the families of the dead workers are treated with dignity and receive honest and timely compensation,” the group said.

The BBC appealed to Saudi Arabia’s power for comment.