I find it difficult that anything will change. These modern slaves probably will remain in the same situation but building other things or doing other jobs. I feel that unless there are acts to stop the workers' situation that isn't a solid argument against the World Cup being held in Qatar.
Posted Oct 11, 2014, 9:02 PM UTC
They'll either go home or work in one of the other many projects that are located in Qatar.
That's sum bull shit that the employer keeps their documents and they have a say if they can go home...
u/alanifamily actually has it correct. If the workers are no longer employed on projects, their working visa will be cancelled and they have to go home. They only need an exit visa from their employer if they are leaving before their visa ends.
They won't go home... They aren't workers, they're slaves. You can't just go home.
They won't go home... They aren't workers, they're slaves.
Thousands of workers in Qatar return home every year. They aren't there forever, they are temporary migrants on two or three year contracts.
The workers will either remain unemployed in which case they'll fall into a severe poverty trap, or their manual labour skills will be milked by Qatari higher-ups for similarly low wages on another infrastructure project.
That's one of the main disputes against stripping Qatar of the World Cup. It leaves a group of slaves jobless, and the Qatari government wouldn't know what to do with them. Might as well continue with the World Cup or else those workers' labour has meant fuck all in the long run.
Eh, it's a sunk cost now. The labour/work has already been done, it'll make no difference if they use the stadium or not.
The workers will either remain unemployed
That wouldn't happen because your Qatar residence visa is tied to your employment. If you don't have a job, you can't stay in the country. If the workers were not employed on other projects, they would need to leave.
the Qatari government wouldn't know what to do with them.
They are not employed by the government, they are employed by private contractors. The government doesn't decide what to do with them.
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they go in the half time burgers
I mean I doubt they will win. I haven't been keeping up with their young talent as much as I used to, but time will tell.
The fuck you going on about??
When OP said if Qatar loses the WC... he didn't mean lose the tournament (that's not even in contention), but rather that if Qatar loses the ability to host the WC.
I know I was trying to make a silly joke
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Nobody will care anymore, since the objective of Qatar not hosting the World Cup would have been achieved.