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This source claims 6.5k since 2011: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/feb/23/revealed-migrant-worker-deaths-qatar-fifa-world-cup-2022 https://
by csomar 5y ago
This source claims 6.5k since 2011: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/feb/23/revealed-migrant-worker-deaths-qatar-fifa-world-cup-2022 https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/feb/23/r...
That's around ~700 deaths per year. But Qatar has ~1.5million workers from India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. So, ~700/year is not an outrageous number for natural deaths (works out around 0.04%). This is way lower than the death rate in the USA for a young age segment (25-40): https://www.statista.com/statistics/241572/death-rate-by-age-and-sex-in-the-us/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/241572/death-rate-by-age...
Qatar is hurting more by not allowing an independent and transparent journalism around the conditions and deaths of these workers. Just shows the idiocy at the top level of their government.
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- bigbillheck 5y agoThis analysis is assuming all 1.5M peop,e were working on World Cup stuff.
- csomar 5y agoThe source is not limited to the World Cup though, but all workers.
- alkonaut 5y agoOf course transparency in reporting should be the first prerequisite for arranging a World Cup. And unless we have free press showing the opposite, we can only assume the death toll to be higher than reported.