The Observer view on why we’re paying a high price to host the World Cup
7 min
The World Cup has highlighted Qatar's poor treatment of foreign labourers. Despite the host city's reassurances disputing media claims that thousands have died during their 12-year World Cup construction phase, Simeon Kerr and Pramod Acharya discuss the appalling conditions that the imported workers who have built the infrastructure necessary for the tournament have endured.