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Qatar’s population has surged by 13.2% over the last year, official data showed, as the tiny Gulf Arab state recruits thousands of overseas workers ahead of hosting the soccer World Cup next month.

People walk at souq Waqif, in Doha, Qatar March 12,2020.

The wealthy gas producer’s population stood at 2.94 million after some 370 000 additional people moved to Qatar over the last year, based on data collected in September and released by Qatar’s statistics authority last week. World Cup organisers face a personnel shortage as Qatar prepares to receive an estimated 1.2 million visitors during soccer’s largest event, which is expected to put pressure on its infrastructure, hospitality and security sector.

Qatar has an agreement with Turkey to provide more than 3 000 riot police and Pakistan has also agreed to deploy troops to Qatar during the tournament.

 

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Luckily the anc is not in charge there or they'd have a' legs closed' lecture from some gogo.

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