Safety Inspection - Is This What Is Expected?

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It was a boom time. It was like the entire world had descended on Qatar. The problem is that they didn't even know they are right. Most of this was more of ignorance, though it was direct exploitation. Did you ever see anyone killed or injured on the job? Big kids have not witnessed but have had several. But injuries have seen so many, so many. I remember when people working at height, I'm telling these guys, this heat is too much. And within minutes we had a guy falling from height. Luckily, it was not fatal, but he broke his leg.

The people who built Qatar’s stadiums, hotels, and transit systems were employed under the country’s exploitative migrant worker system. Officials promised things would change before the World Cup, but a one-time worker says it’s only better on paper.

This episode was produced by Haleema Shah, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard with help from Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, and hosted by Noel King.

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