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Reuters
Reuters
Sport
By Andrew Mills

Soccer-Informal workers at risk of exploitation in Qatar during World Cup - U.S. official

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights, Uzra Zeya, speaks to Reuters at the U.S embassy in Doha, Qatar, October 2, 2022. REUTERS/Imad Creidi/File Photo

Workers in Qatar's informal economy are especially at risk of exploitation during this year's soccer World Cup and Doha must strive to prosecute human traffickers and identify their victims, U.S. Under Secretary of State Uzra Zeya told Reuters.

The Gulf Arab state has come under intense scrutiny and criticism from human rights groups over its treatment of migrant workers in the run up to hosting the tournament next month, the first Middle Eastern country to do so.

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