The worker abuse continues unabated in Qatar. There were promises to reform the system by which Qatar imports a labor force many times larger than its own population from destitute nations, including the announced abolishing of the kafala system — a kind of indentured servitude for migrant workers. But Human Rights Watch once again published a blistering report on worker abuse.
Qatar’s 2 million migrant workers, serving just 313,000 Qatari citizens, are at work mostly in its construction and service industries, building and preparing a nation for its month in the global spotlight cast by the World Cup.