World Cup: French company charged with forced labor in Qatar

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A subsidiary of French construction company Vinci was handed preliminary charges of forced labor and other alleged violations of the rights of migrant workers hired to build infrastructure in Qatar around the World Cup. The company denies the charges.

Sherpa said it collected testimonies about the working conditions at some construction sites operated by Vinci’s subsidiary, which included working in temperatures over 45 C with insufficient water, the withholding of passports, and lack of access to showers in accommodations.

Vinci said earlier this week that its representatives were being summoned by investigating magistrates to face potential charges in the case. He denounced what he called “the insufficient time frame given to lawyers to lay out useful responses, and the hasty choice of the date , just a few days before the opening of the football World Cup.”Vinci said Monday that none of the projects awarded to its Qatari unit QDVC had any connection to the World Cup, and that it is committed to improving “the living and working conditions of all workers at its construction sites, all around the world.

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