Migrant workers in Qatar face ‘structural racism’ says UN report

World Cup host heavily criticised over discrimination and ‘coercive conditions’ experienced by labourers from south Asia and AfricaThe United Nations has raised “serious concerns of structural racial discrimination against non-nationals” in World Cup host nation Qatar, in a highly critical report to be presented to the UN human rights council this week.The report, by the UN’s special rapporteur for racism, Tendayi Achiume, is notable for its uncompromising language, saying a “de facto caste system based on national origin” exists in Qatar, “according to which European, North American, Australian and Arab nationalities systematically enjoy greater human rights protections than South Asian and sub-Saharan African nationalities”. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/jul/15/migrant-workers-in-qatar-face-structural-racism-says-un-report #qatar #global_development #middle_east_and_north_africa #fifa #united_nations #race #human_rights #football