Between 400 and 500 migrant workers have died while working on the FIFA World Cup, according to a top Qatari official.
A top Qatari official just made a shocking admission ... estimating between 400 to 500 migrant workers died while working on projects tied to the FIFA World Cup, significantly higher than previous official figures indicated.on TalkTV Monday ... saying hundreds of migrant workers died as a consequence of World Cup labor.
It's possible Qatar is still not being forthcoming with the true statistics. In fact, other reports have estimated thousands of workers have died during W.C. prep. The conditions under which the mostly foreign-born work staff operated were also reportedly abysmal. "I think overall the need for labor reform in itself dictates that yes, improvements have to happen."
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