FIVE years to the day after Fifa voted for the 2022 World Cup to be hosted in Qatar, Amnesty International slammed the Gulf state yesterday for the continued appalling work conditions.
Qatar has refused to drop the kafala system — which sees workers forced to pay recruitment fees, having their passports confiscated, non-payment of wages as well as health and safety breaches — while an estimated 1.7 million workers are still forced to build the stadiums in which the World Cup will be played.
The conditions were compared last month to “Victorian London” by the GMB union and Amnesty International’s Gulf migrant rights researcher Mustafa Qadri
As unions sound the alarm on kafala-like dependence, FC Barcelona must decide whether their values extend beyond the pitch, writes KIVANC ELIACIK
Farage and other Reform-ers keep pointing to Dubai’s immigration policy – but there migrants make up most of the population and do all the work without any rights, muses SOLOMON HUGHES
If we can tackle the big issues, like delivering decent public services and affordable state-built and owned housing by making the richest pay a fair amount of tax, Labour can win back the trust and support of the electorate, argues ANDY McDONALD MP
DIANE ABBOTT exposes the misconceptions, rumours and downright lies perpetrated around immigration issues


