Cammy Devlin has joined his Australia teammates in a video calling out the need for workers rights and those of the LGBTI+ community in Qatar to be respected.
The Hearts star is hoping to be selected in the Socceroos squad that jets out to the Middle East for the 2022 FIFA World Cup next month. But in a video made in conjunction with the Professional Footballers Australia, the union for pro players Down Under, Graham Arnold’s squad have called out the issues surrounding the nation’s hosting of the tournament.
It had been reported that by February 2021, 6500 migrant workers had died whilst helping build the stadiums in which matches will be played. Countless others have had wages and passports withheld and been forced to live in squalid conditions after paying large recruitment fees. Qatari companies have also been accused by Amnesty of using forced labour under the ‘kafala’ system, which sponsored foreign workers to travel to Qatar for work, but prevented them leaving their jobs.
