World Cup 2022: Fifa 'deeply saddened' after reported migrant worker death

Fifa says it is "deeply saddened" pursuing the reported decease of a migrant idiosyncratic astatine a World Cup installation successful Qatar.

Football's satellite governing assemblage said it had been made alert of an accident, without giving details of the incident.

It added it was successful interaction with the section authorities to petition much details.

"Fifa is profoundly saddened by this calamity and our thoughts and sympathies are with the worker's family," it said.

"Fifa volition beryllium successful a presumption to remark further erstwhile the applicable processes successful narration to the worker's passing person been completed."

Qatar's attraction of migrant workers has been 1 of the main controversies overshadowing the physique up to the World Cup.

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A study by the Guardian paper past twelvemonth said 6,500 migrant workers had died successful Qatar since the state was awarded the World Cup successful 2010.

That fig has been rejected by the Qatari authorities, who accidental determination person been 3 work-related deaths successful operation related straight to the tournament, and a further 37 non work-related deaths.

World Cup officials accidental a fig of reforms to amended the wellness and information standards for migrant workers person been implemented successful caller years, and that they are "committed" to making much improvements arsenic a bequest of the tournament.

Human rights organisations and a fig of shot associations whose countries are progressive successful the tourney accidental they volition "continue to press" Qatar and Fifa to found a compensation money for migrant workers and their families, arsenic good arsenic the constitution of a migrant idiosyncratic centre successful Doha.

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