Migrant Reforms Nullify Fabricated Qatar World Cup Boycott Calls

Summer time is at its peak in the State of Qatar, making it extremely difficult for those working
outdoors. However, the gulf nation has already ensured relevant measures to take care of the situation
by either changing outdoor working hours or compensating them with better facilities, to cut down the
impact of heatwave in the desert nation. The kind of reforms being brought about by the country make
calls for a Qatar World Cup boycott seem irrelevant. The question remains, what’s the relevance of
boycotting a global tournament like FIFA 2022, if the problems addressed are already taken care of?

Human rights organizations and rivals from around the world have pushed the agenda for a Qatar
World Cup boycott, time and again, citing labor issues. However, the reality of the situation is that the
migrant workers issue in Qatar has been misemployed by some people to strategically attack the tiny
peninsula gulf nation’s chance to host FIFA World Cup.

FIFA 2022 is not just a massive international tournament, but also the first-of-its-kind to be held in the
Middle East. However, Qatar has made strides bigger than winning the bid to host the tournament, like
overcoming labor issues that it was targeted with. The International Labour Organization (ILO) even
welcomed one of its recent moves, citing it as an evidence-based example of ‘policy making’.

As per a new regulation announced at the end of May 2021 and the start of peak summers in Qatar,
outdoor working hours were changed. Qatar world cup migrants were instructed not to work from 10 in
the morning to 3.30 in the afternoon, from June 1 to the mid of September. The change in timing
extends the previous timing by almost an hour.

In addition, on days when the temperature exceeds 32.1 degree Celsius at any point of time, all work is
supposed to stop immediately, preventing the migrant workers from contracting related health issues.

Nevertheless, a strategic trend was set off, calling for a Qatar World Cup boycott despite the workers
experiencing ample amount of reforms introduced in their welfare. This only ended up making the
boycott calls naturally appear to have been strategically used in order to snatch Qatar off of a global
opportunity.

The recent calls for Qatar world cup boycott aren’t the first time the Gulf nation’s bid to host the FIFA
2022 were being targeted under paid online campaigns. However, like all times before, Qatar has only
beaten those pointing fingers at it in their own game, by simply doing what its best in doing; serving,
whether it about tourism or the workforce supporting its economy. Qatar treats its workers no less,
which has earned it appreciation from allied nations to organizations of the likes of ILO.