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aishik-10x t1_iuv7qkf wrote

Reply to comment by funwithdesign in There were over 6500 deaths while constructing the infrastructure. Workers were living in squalid accommodations, were forced to pay huge recruitment fees, and had had wages withheld and their passports confiscated. How many of you will boycott the World Cup in Qatar? by LogiC1919

But how did they manage to have 6500 worker deaths? Were they gunning them down en masse inside the stands or something, that number is mind boggling for a single World Cup stadium.

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nonamebcb t1_iuvdbo9 wrote

> More than 6,500 migrant workers from India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka have died in Qatar since it won the right to host the World Cup 10 years ago, the Guardian can reveal.

This number contains all migrant deaths from these important migrant countries over a ten year span. This includes road work, seven stadiums, and all kinds of other infrastructure across the country. There's no direct correlation with the world cup, though the demand for construction work has significantly increased since then. The number doesn't include the deaths of migrants from other countries.

In other words, the number could be ten times lower or ten times higher. We simply don't know.

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