I understand not every migrant worker is going through this.

Feb 25, 2021
10:19:09am

rad dawg All-American

The fact is a lot of people have gone directly in with cameras and followed this closely. The proof is there. Its not speculation. Saudi Arabia being hypocritical or unreliable does not make the inverse of their statements true.

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rad dawg

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This is insane how many people have died building for the 2022 World Cup.

Chefcurry

2/25/21 7:22am

Minor clarification, but majority of deaths are not from building stadiums...

mobomanjoe

2/25/21 7:27am

Filipinos aren't dying out there--they generally don't work in construction in

Zooropa

2/25/21 7:40am

my brother in law is a welder there I know a lot of Filipinos working in

nbruin

2/25/21 8:50am

Most of the Filipino men in our Arab stake are working in food, hospitality,

Zooropa

2/25/21 9:12am

Awarding Qatar the WC was such a bad idea, someone got greased a bunch

RC Vikings

2/25/21 7:29am

Multiple someones.

SpiffCoug

2/25/21 8:24am

I worked in a petrochemical plant in the Middle East while it was under

Setpoint

2/25/21 7:36am

Whats really insane is the world cup will go on as planned.

rad dawg

2/25/21 7:43am

FIFA and IOC are both based in Switzerland, and two of the worst run global organizations. Not a coincidence.

Turnpike Lane

2/25/21 7:55am

Those stadiums will be abandoned in a few years and just rot away.

YNWA

2/25/21 7:56am

Four of the eight stadiums are being relocated to Western Africa.

Zooropa

2/25/21 8:03am

Saudi Arabia has been propagating (paying) European papers, especially in salty

Zooropa

2/25/21 8:01am

Thats a really narrow view of whats happening.

rad dawg

2/25/21 8:18am

Trust me or not; I am VERY close to this.

Zooropa

2/25/21 9:01am

I understand not every migrant worker is going through this.

rad dawg

2/25/21 10:19am

Link

rad dawg

2/25/21 10:29am

I'm not saying it's paradise or that there aren't middlemen profiting from their

Zooropa

2/25/21 11:04am

Sounds totally worth it.

rad dawg

2/25/21 11:35am

Your both talking in extremes when most likely there is a pretty solid middle ground/gray area.

TheLoneCougar

2/25/21 11:45am

You are probably right.

rad dawg

2/25/21 11:53am

This is another view, almost as equally slanted as Saudi Arabia's, but the truth

Zooropa

2/25/21 9:04am

I think there's a lot more to this story than the article ever gets into

Indy Coug

2/25/21 8:10am

Friend lived in Qatar & said the Qataris treat the migrant workers like garbage

cougarmeister

2/25/21 9:59am

Yes, the exploitation of imported labor is a serious issue in the Middle East.

Indy Coug

2/25/21 10:03am

This is true. However, do not forget that they are treated like less than

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