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Human trafficking: NGOs call for 'urgent' action as football fails in its duty of care
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Human trafficking: NGOs call for 'urgent' action as football fails in its duty of care

ByEyes on Trafficking News

By Paul Nicholson in Geneva September 9 – Not enough is being done to combat human trafficking in football and this “needs to be urgently addressed,” said Michel Veuthey, Ambassador of the Sovereign Order of Malta to monitor and combat trafficking in persons. Giving a key note speech at the meetings hosted by SiNAFE and…

World Cup 2022: the reality for migrant workers in Qatar
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World Cup 2022: the reality for migrant workers in Qatar

ByEyes on Trafficking News

23 August 2022  In our latest blog, Eloise Savill, Private Sector Adviser, explains the reality of modern slavery in Qatar and the implications for Qatar hosting the World Cup 2022.   Image credit: Sven Hansche via Shutterstock. In under three months’ time, the men’s FIFA World Cup 2022 – the most watched sporting event in the…

Kafala reforms are failing to protect migrant workers in Qatar
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Kafala reforms are failing to protect migrant workers in Qatar

ByEyes on Trafficking News

The Independent published a report which describes the situation in one of Qatar’s central industrial zones, approximately 20 km south of the glitzy, ultra-modern capital of Doha, where the 2022 World Cup will be held in November. The city is home to a significant number of Qatar’s total population. Far from the affluent neighborhoods of…

Erkut Sogut plans on exposing the ugly side of the beautiful game in his upcoming books – Daily Mail
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Erkut Sogut plans on exposing the ugly side of the beautiful game in his upcoming books – Daily Mail

ByEyes on Trafficking News

Erkut Sogut has seen it all after 20 years in football representing the likes of Mesut Ozil… now he’s taking up the pen to expose the ugly side of the beautiful game from human trafficking to the nepotism at Europe’s top clubs threatening livelihoods Erkut Sogut wants to shine a light on issues often ignored…

FIFA must compensate workers behind the 2022 World Cup
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FIFA must compensate workers behind the 2022 World Cup

ByEyes on Trafficking News

Labor trafficking is a type of human trafficking that doesn’t get the attention it deserves. Maybe it will get a spotlight for a brief moment? Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Football Supporters Europe, and the Building and Wood Workers’ International union, among other U.K. human rights organizations, are calling on FIFA to implement a reparations…