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A new generation of "humane" homes for more than 50,000 migrant workers building Qatar's 2022 football World Cup facilities has been delayed in the Gulf state's planning system. British consultants have been working with a US developer to build improved accommodation with health centres, shops, recreational areas and even psychologists' consulting rooms as an alternative to squalid and overcrowded conditions which are believed to contribute to a high death toll among migrant labourers. Human Rights Watch (HRW), Amnesty International and the International Trade Union Confederation will provide advice. Fifa said over the weekend that "fair working conditions with a lasting effect must be introduced quickly, consistently and on a sustained basis in Qatar". The Nepalese make up about a sixth of Qatar's 2 million migrant workers. Death rates among those from India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka are yet to emerge and thousands of workers continue to endure overcrowded and insanitary living conditions in labour camps where rooms accommodate a dozen people. The new housing is based on three-bedroom homes with a limit of four workers to a room.
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Migrants, Labour Camps, Living Standards, Exploitation, Qatar, Nepal, human rights, migrant workers, livelihood
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