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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Paul MacInnes

New app offers Qatar’s migrant workers first definitive World Cup 2022 legacy

Workers take a break on the Corniche in Doha in the buildup to the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
Workers take a break on the Corniche in Doha in the buildup to the Qatar 2022 World Cup. Photograph: Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP/Getty Images

An app providing migrant workers in Qatar with information on their rights and the possibility of legal assistance has been launched by three trade unions, the first definitive legacy for workers exploited in the process of delivering the World Cup.

With the month-long tournament ending on Sunday when Argentina play France in the final, the failure of Fifa and football associations to deliver positive change for workers has been decried this week by a number of charities and NGOs.

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