How the World Cup Has Changed Qatar

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In recent weeks the whole planet has been watching Qatar with the celebration of the soccer World Cup. But since it was announced in 2010 that the country would host the World Cup, international attention has focused on the controversial conditions in which more than two million migrants live and work. So today we ask: What is the kafala system and how does it work? Has Qatar made any progress on labor rights? In this video we tell you.
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[@anastasiiashynkovska3746]

I was working for Qatar Airways. I came here at 2017 in November. Of course, I faced many surprises coming here. Many disciplinary rules of the company were not discussed at the moment of hiring, but only here (when I already have arrived into Qatar). After 4 years I got terminated. All process was mentally hard, as they treated me like I did some crime. Reason is that I stayed few nights out of company accommodation. In the end, I was rejected in necessary documentation to change my employer (it’s called NOC, it’s a must paper). They rejected it over the phone, without providing any reason. I sent them email as well, but no proper response was received. Qatar Airways is a tricky snake company, which uses its employees to the maximum extent. In such situation, I could send a visa transfer application to the Ministry of Labor, so QA cannot cancel my residence permit. But in such situation, I must have necessary docs from new employer. Who is nearly impossible to find here, when you are suddenly terminated and have 1 month before you leave. Your current employer can cancel your permit any moment during this month. So the question about changing culture is important. Because many employers here think, that they own their employees.

[@panashemombeshora4552]

Very sorry for what happened to you. That should be tough.

[@sharmanitin2001]

Desert pirates became the rich sheiks .... What more do you expect from them

[@mohammadk1]

@Nitin Sharma look at this guy, have some respect

[@ashman8891]

They think they own their employees because their slavery mentality still hasn't disappeared. qatar abolished slavery only in 1952. There are people still alive who remember the "good old days" when they were allowed to own slaves to do menial work. They apply and pass on the same world view about migrant workers who come to do the same to successive generations. The qatari govt doesn't really care about changing their opinions and views since it doesn't affect them directly

[@arcs1016]

Mafia politics used Kafala System; expats have no rights at all. Pure SLAVERY!!!!

[@egg174]

Seems like there are more "goals" than just the football ones

[@pullt]

Your whole society has to really be terrible if people think, "That Duerte makes a great point "

[@pullt]

@조산인은 미국을 사랑한다 I also failed to end my sentence with a period

[@sahixxasm9757]

Duterte Also makes great points on Pope and US policies, He is Andrew Tate of Philippines

[@uwaisal-qarni8364]

@@sahixxasm9757 he is

[@akuinator6350]

“Some of you may die, but that is a sacrifice I am willing to make.” -Shiek al-Farquaad

[@danieleyre8913]

@MockDerision The pandemic was an unavoidable emergency. Qatar does not need khafala.

[@TheRishijoesanu]

I'm from Kerala. My cousins were born and brought up in Qatar. Imho Kafala System is fine as long as they don't confiscate passports and cheat on salary. For Keralites Qatar is a dream. 30% of Kerala's GDP comes from Qatar and other GCC nations.

[@davidford3115]

@Handsome T Most freedom loving people were against the Wuhan Virus lockdowns. Only the jack-booted totalitarians and wannabe despots and their apologists believed that locking people in their homes was a good idea.

[@adma7298]

We Indians love kings specially if muslim. We have been serving them since millinia to make them great.

[@shivsankermondal]

​@@TheRishijoesanu ok bot

[@Miinecraftserver]

The crazy part is Singapore 🇸🇬 a country in south east asia treats the Migrant workers same if not worse than qatar, but I'm so surprised all these channels never show that .

[@TheRishijoesanu]

I'm from Kerala. My cousins were born and brought up in Qatar. Imho Kafala System is fine as long as they don't confiscate passports and cheat on salary. For Keralites Qatar is a dream. 30% of Kerala's GDP comes from Qatar and other GCC nations.

[@davidford3115]

Yeah, not much has changed since the famous article described the city as "Disneyland with the Death Penalty".

[@Miinecraftserver]

@@davidford3115 This year alone Singapore has executed 82 people . during the covid-19 start back in 2020 most of migrant workers staying in dormatories were locked in the number ranging from (150,000-200,000) why ?? 🤷🏻 So that all the locals and rich business people could walk around freely supposedly without having fear of too many people surrounding the island city state . Only recently in March of 2022 all those workers were allowed to go on with thier lives so that's almost 2yrs of being locked up . And yet you will not see any of the mainstream media outlets or all these channels talking Sh*t happening there.

[@davidford3115]

@@Miinecraftserver I visited that "FINE" city once. I have no desire to visit it again. "Controlled Pandemonium" is the best description I can give it. I felt like I was walking on eggshells in that simply sneezing could get me 20 lashes with a bamboo cane. And that was in 2011.

[@Miinecraftserver]

@@davidford3115 ya got the right word for that perfectly described !! i went in 2017 and have no wish go back ever again , the fear runs in Air as if you can sense it and smell it . There are 191 countries more or less to spend a good vacation or live but certainly not this one .

[@murrayeldred3563]

I worked on and off in the Arabian Gulf/Persian Gulf on and off for many decades. Everyone from their 1st month knows of these slave conditions....as it was, is and always will be!!!!

[@MohdHilal]

It must have been a European company

[@user-qx9zn2cj4e]

It’s Arab gulf. There’s nothing Persian about the gulf. Even on the iranian side of the gulf, ethnic Arabs live there.

[@johndewey6358]

Those countries you named have a huge Human Rights issue and yes, they have huge Labor Rights issue too.

[@Randomcomment7699]

One of the best quotes from Visual politix .. @ 6:31 if you want slaves you invade territory and put them to work until last breath.. now slaves will come to you… perfect explanation of current situation

[@Azhar_shaikh1]

Like day jobs? Right? Therefore i started my own business

[@declan0863]

@@Azhar_shaikh1 l

[@wellhai]

yes and the slavery called kafalah in Saudi made me an exmuslim and after reaching poland where I was free to open my own business i studied Christianity and converted islam is arab supremacy and if some things of equality told in Islam is actually followed by Christians as they see all people as humans while Arabs don't thank lord for showing me this

[@alimohammad2541]

Germany asks for 8k euros and a guarantor, shouldn't count as Kafala ? West is always like this, it was the best world cup ever, they are upset it's not in Europe

[@marcusmees4625]

Where have you got that from? A guaranty suffices if the grantor earns enough money. However, the guaranty is without limit 😉

[@WandShadow]

Hello im Qatari myself and I can assure you that house workers are treated just like any family member don't know about companies but in my 29years I can tell you from experince and friends exp they are fine maybe there the 1% but that happen all around the world. Ofc it's no perfect system but it's going way better overall slowly but surely. I even still in touch with my first 2 workers I call them every know and then because we are like family not worker relationship I also plan to travel to Mumbai to visit them this summer =)

[@neyou6940]

Liar

[@lawrencecampbell1337]

Spot on when it comes to making a law, it doesn't matter if it is not enforced. Which it is not.

[@mirajulislam132]

I've been working in Saudi Arabia as a labour for now 2 years the real situation is much worse than what you said. The so call accommodation they talks about is a living hell. They force 8-10 adult people to live in a single room. Very low salary,unlawfuly salary deduction, you wouldn’t even know why your salary been deducted, no incentive, no free time just marathon merciless work. This people’s and their systems are pure evil.

[@wellhai]

same thing happened with me lived in Saudi till 2016 and left there to Poland left Islam as I see Christian countries practice equality in humans compared to islamic ones

[@jamshaidmushtaq1811]

When he said the modern kafala system was a result of British protectorate policies in Qatar, I thought to myself: "Of course."

[@wellhai]

kafalah came because Arabs had to stop slavery because of un banning it

[@murrayeldred3563]

Slavery abolished around 1963 in Saudi and the UAE known as the Pirate Coast until the late 1970's....as per....

[@TheRishijoesanu]

I'm from Kerala. My cousins were born and brought up in Qatar. Imho Kafala System is fine as long as they don't confiscate passports and cheat on salary. For Keralites Qatar is a dream. 30% of Kerala's GDP comes from Qatar and other GCC nations.

[@murrayeldred3563]

Dear Rishi= no keralites ever work as construction workers. Keralites do inside work NOT NEVER outside labour work.

[@TheRishijoesanu]

I'm from Kerala. My cousins were born and brought up in Qatar. Imho Kafala System is fine as long as they don't confiscate passports and cheat on salary. For Keralites Qatar is a dream. 30% of Kerala's GDP comes from Qatar and other GCC nations.

[@Pyrochemik007]

so, can you drink a beer after long shift? do you have insurance? can you openly worship another god? Vacations? If your wife gets raped there, does she get punished as well? Are you even equal in front of law? Sounds to me like anything but fine place to be.

[@karthikeyanm.v8381]

This is because kerala is communist state that has stikes almost everyday . This is why companies are afraid to start in kerala

[@cameronculas]

35% of keralas GDP comes from expatriates....that doesn't mean it is from GCC.....it's from all over the world.....recent years...this number has come down significantly......people are loosing jobs in GCC.....Now Indians are looking to migrate to other europian, Africa and north american countries

[@adma7298]

We Indians love kings specially if muslim. We have been serving them since millinia to make them great.

[@karthikeyanm.v8381]

@@adma7298 stupid guy.

[@alexsveles343]

The image of a Muslim beating a black guy that shook the world

[@davidford3115]

Which was rather common during the Arab Slave trade, but the wokistas don't ever want to talk about it.

[@alexsveles343]

@@davidford3115 islam nearly took over France,.,The French maaaivly resisted..,finally battle of Vienna managed the stop the tied.Did u know they used to abduct europeana to...especialy southern Europe, Islamic pirates used to raid as far up as Ireland Danmark and Ukraine and abduct people..,especially women

[@davidford3115]

@@alexsveles343 Yup, the Barbary Coast Corsairs. Not even the Sultan of Morocco's declaration of protection for American sailors could keep them safe from the Berbers. Word is that the Caliph of Algeria's favorite slaves were young American boys. Supposedly he found their screams form being lashed for the first time in their life to be particularly exquisite. That should tell you how messed up those people were (and still are in many cases). All of this would lead to the famous line in the Marine Corp song "From the Hall of Montezuma to the Shores of Tripoli". Steven Decatur is a man more Westerners should be familiar with.

[@alexsveles343]

@@davidford3115 just ask the portugese Spaniards and Greeks what happened when islam arrived

[@maskartedu2422]

I as a Labourer here have never seen the so called "slavery thing" infact where i'm from it's hard to get the little money i get here unless you are from a well known family

[@TheRishijoesanu]

I'm from Kerala. My cousins were born and brought up in Qatar. Imho Kafala System is fine as long as they don't confiscate passports and cheat on salary. For Keralites Qatar is a dream. 30% of Kerala's GDP comes from Qatar and other GCC nations.

[@mindfulthinking4802]

in Qatari law employers can't confiscate your passport. A few years ago this was announced illegal. Unfortunately some employers still take labours' passports. BUT they can go to the police and complain and it will be dealt with.

[@cricketarena4926]

So disappointed by visual politics they never mentioned that stadium built by werstern firm

[@jaja3359]

Doesnt mean they are responsible for recruiting and handling the workers

[@ashman8891]

does it still make qatar's treatment of its workers ok?

[@albatross7269]

Whatt?? You guys did the same to immigrants in Europe too. Pffttt, hypocrites.

[@NoRockinMansLand]

That's a lie, and if they did they'd have been prosecuted

[@containedhurricane]

They didn't die when building the stadiums nor were they disallowed from watching/ playing football

[@danieleyre8913]

Absolute fiction. Migrant workers in Europe still have human rights to ask for more money, to leave the job, and to not work if they’re not feeling well. Thus they are not slaves like they are in Qatar.

[@ashman8891]

Lazy whataboutism and a complete lie

[@a.p1675]

It's not really our business but fotball is also not Qatars business. U said they don"t sweat. Since almost everything of worth comes from outside Qatar. One does not have to include countries that have poor working conditiones etc.

[@ebubechiibegbula5968]

Just dont cheat people on salaries or take their passports... It's wrong

[@grayray8295]

What about these open pit mines in Africa?

[@danieleyre8913]

African nations aren’t hosting world cups and trying to put on charm offensives to hide their despotism.

[@danielortman2534]

Qatar is a country that is headed in the right direction, but has a long way to go. I honestly think the World Cup helped, but I understand why people think it didn't. It wasn't nearly enough, and minor changes are often dismissed.

[@oreok4686]

Correction * the uae has abolished the kafala system , so please get the facts right, secondly countries in the gulf have been democratizing whereas when western ones as regressing, unlike the UK that recently stopped granting lawyers in most courts , the UAE does grant all its immigrant workers the right for a legal representation, granting translation and exempting legal fees , also its worth noting that the reason that western countries doesn’t have slave labour is cause they outsource their extensive labour to struggling countries, want proof? Check where your clothes and electronics are made from :)

[@colmcorbec7031]

Spicy topic

[@riteshshinde3092]

Its unfair to compare qatar airways sponsoring barcelona and importing migrants for forced labour to build stadiums as moral posturing. Its not only Qatar that is guilty but those corrupt fifa officials who awarded Qatar the responsibility to hold the World Cup in the first place. Also though the death amount seems low when compared to the number of people arriving as immigrants but all of them are staying in qatar for a job and won't be just able to settle and retire there, thus there might be considerable amount of deaths in construction industry due to harmful labour practises.

[@crztank9298]

Don't ever remember a video on China questioning slavery

[@ashman8891]

Yes they have made content on the same. Search their video section on human rights abuses in xinjiang. Do your research before commenting mindlessly

[@jstantongood5474]

Excellent video content 🙂

[@francoocchiuzzi.arg.]

I am from Argentina, and in the matches in the Netherlands and France I almost had a cardiac arrest

[@nyfinest487]

Why

[@francoocchiuzzi.arg.]

@@nyfinest487 for the final match

[@mohammadmahfouz8778]

In GCC they were forbidden from traffic in slaves in 1970s, so they invented kafala

[@ronaldmadziro5679]

Thanks Josh for presenting the scenarios as they are without any caricaturing,this way the viewer can make up their own mind.

[@ahmedmohd3311]

I think whoever is from those developed countries love to condemn and criticise whatever seems to be good in an arab country or middle eastern countries. It is just they cannot stand the idea of being worse than arabs even in a single aspect. By the way , you are so biased to the degree that while you speak about Qatar, you show videos and photos of Saudi Arabia. Qatar organised absolutely the best version of world cup in history and that is the reason everyone from the west is criticising them. Russia condemns homosexuality but no one dares to speak a word about it !

[@nodermark8922]

Wait? when were those changes made? Was it before or after the world cup? The news did not say anything about these changes.

[@lawrencechege911]

You don't have to follow the news all the time bro,the changes started way before the world cup and are still ongoing ,you just have to get the news from the primary source

[@typicalnewyorker5993]

I don’t like how they never said how much Qatar spent for the whole World Cup. It’s something like 200+ billion & he’s right they did build more than just stadiums. But 900m going to Africa I think like they said in the vid is literal peanuts in the grand scheme of things. Qatar is trying to withhold lng energy from the eu if the eu keeps looking into the corruption. Some eu leaders (parliament members) have been arrested.

[@MohdHilal]

FYI, its Zaha Hadid and other European corps that built these stadiums and exploited these worker. Qatar was more than generous, 220 billions is like 212 billions more than stingy Germany had paid, imagine how terrible was the situation for their migrant workers

[@ashman8891]

@@MohdHilal Did you bother doing any research at all? Germany also provides free healthcare to all migrant workers on a visa and full legal arbitration in case of employer disputes for the duration of their contract. Salary payments are also sent to bank accounts not in cash unlike the qatari shit who cheat you by paying partially or fully in cash. You're literally judging an entire country based on a number

[@godimedia1239]

@@typicalnewyorker5993 yes agree germany has nazi culture of holocaust which happen before qatar formation Millions of 🔯 dead in camps

[@MohdHilal]

@@typicalnewyorker5993 no your wrong, construction workers in Germany are underpaid and they are mainly exploited migrant workers, and NONE of them can wire 80% of their income and at the same time retire at age 30 like they do in Qatar.

[@cptrelentless80085]

They certainly spent a lot of money on FIFA votes, and bribing the French by buying PSG, Sarkozy’s team

[@mindfulthinking4802]

good episode and Qatar still needs to enhance workers' situation further and already has started. I think it was worth stressing that although there are struggles these workers now have a chance to provide for their families back home, many of which would've starved without these jobs. Is it fair? Absolutely not. Is there room for improvement? definitely. Is it western country's problem? I think they have many issues of their own to worry about like crime and homeless people. Why do they keep lecturing the world about humanity when they are usually the main reason these Asian countries are going through poverty post their colonialism. If Arabian gulf countries apply minimum wages like western countries, it won't work because they are importing labor so it's not a simple issue to solve like many people make it sound.

[@baselsafieh]

I think there is a mistake in the video. It's always 32 degrees or more there. Maybe it's 42? A little before minute 15

[@sabbasdsouza]

Could the United Nations set up standards for all foreign workers? UN Security Council needs reform btw.

[@davidford3115]

The UN is a playground for tyrants and despots. The last time they ever did anything of consequence was in 1950 during the Korean War. After that it became nothing more than a symposium for grandstanding by world leaders.

[@sabbasdsouza]

@@davidford3115 russia has to be removed from the security council before anyone has confidence in it again. Many tyrants are afraid of the UN potential.

[@davidford3115]

@@sabbasdsouza China does as well. Beijing and Moscow are cut from the same Marxist cloth.

[@Homer-OJ-Simpson]

Great video. Points out where the exaggerations on the topic exist but also the parts that are accurate. In summary, Qatar workers aren’t dying at the rate most often reported but it’s true that a modern day version of slavery with traps to keep the workers as slaves. also true that qatar gas made changes and more to come. the changes seem to be a big improvement but much more needs to be done.

[@KAbdulla-c8i]

You have to understand. This kafala system is giving the employee free gilt of anything. Always the sponsor to be blamed.

[@hbarudi]

The world cup just scratches the surface of the actual situation. Even in the greatest voice against slavery country: USA, it still happens usually out of sight of the average citizen. Every shopping area in USA is tainted with slave made goods especially clothing.

[@ashman8891]

Every country that buys goods from china, congo, bangladesh is guilty by association and that's a long list not just including the USA even yours as well. If you're wearing clothes with a label that says it was made in a third world country you can bet that child or slave labor was involved at some point in its manufacture which makes you guilty of supporting slavery as well. It's a shitty situation but pointing out the USA alone is just idiotic

[@freetolook3727]

Construction stops for the winter around here, why not stop for the summer in the middle of the desert?

[@ospreyzxc7960]

It was there ,you were not allowed to work at peak time. If you go there most of the construction happens during night

[@TSDamiano]

0:16 Why??? Someone can explained the joke?

[@totallyprofessional3571]

Italy didn’t qualify to get into the World Cup.

[@TSDamiano]

@@totallyprofessional3571 Ohhh i see It hurts but yes ( im not a football fan )

[@stbadhon542]

Seems like a British sponsored video to me! Russia, Brazil all had same human right issues when then hosted the world cup! But no one is talking about those anymore.

[@XieRH1988]

it's not about what's right or wrong that matters, it's about what you can get away with. This is an unspoken rule in the way the world works, the way human nature itself operates, from corporations all the way up to governments, and the more powerful and influential you are, the more you can get away with stuff.

[@ebubechiibegbula5968]

Well said this is the realistic fact ...

[@ashman8891]

The video isn't meant to discuss that. Only the moral implications and facts behind qatar's labor practices

[@by9917]

I've worked with several people from Kerala, but I never heard it pronounced that way it is here.

[@theFLCLguy]

Sports is always boring. Very little unique and interesting things happen. Every sport needs chaos added in. Like each match has a random unique rule that isn't known till right before the game starts. It would make each match extremely unique and cause the players to think as they play. New strategies would form. And most sports need to be made harder. Like baseball, I think there should be a rule that any ball that becomes unplayable is a foul ball. And each base is a point with home two points. It would get rid of the steroid freaks and speed up the game because stealing a base is a point and the ball has to stay in play. Golf, have a time limit with penalties for going over and the players must carry their own stuff and go on foot to each hole. They would be running around trying to go as fast as possible and making mistakes more frequently.

[@jaja3359]

People hate the west for their past, meanwhile the same people cheer at the world cup and praise Qatar 😂

[@boborock2012]

Qatar has greatly improved. No country is perfect It was a great and successful world cup. Let the west stop using their standard to grade everyone.

[@boriss.861]

As of 2022/3 Sharia has been going on since the Caliphate of Uthman. 1443 years. Using the following tomes: The quran, the hadiths, the reliance of the traveller and last but by no means least the unsheathed sword ( a book of love and tolerance if you submit to you know what)

[@wellhai]

yes and the slavery called kafalah in Saudi made me an exmuslim and after reaching poland where I was free to open my own business i studied Christianity and converted islam is arab supremacy and if some things of equality told in Islam is actually followed by Christians as they see all people as humans while Arabs don't thank lord for showing me this

[@YeeSoest]

The comparison between 1M migrant workers in Qatar and Germany with similar numbers of deaths over 10 years leaves out one fact: The amount of construction and sites is not even close, so in Germany (f.ex) those people built 1200 houses, 400miles of roads, 300 windmills and 150 office buildings while in Qatar they built 4 Hotels and 8 Stadiums and still killed the same amount of people doing it. Qatar couldn't have build as much as Germany did in those 10 years or the country would be one giant skyscraper with a roundabout on top

[@magdaw3123]

they do have a roundabout on top - its black

[@benjauron5873]

I hate to blame the victims, but there comes a point when people need to stand up for themselves. If the population is between 80 and 90 percent immigrant, and they're treated so badly, why hasn't there been a rebellion?

[@s9ka972]

They aren't citizens. If they make a rebellion , they will be deported. Again Countries like India 🇮🇳 not just have labour's in Qatar . There are thousands of multimillionaire Indian businessman I'm Qatar who clearly have high stakes in Indian government

[@Sumitness]

Protests are completely banned in GCC states. Any strikes or protests result in expats getting deported asap.

[@benjauron5873]

@@Sumitness Be that as it may, such threats shouldn't prevent them from rising up and overthrowing such an oppressive system. They can't deport everyone, not all at once, anyway.

[@chintansanghavi4083]

You should do similar video on h1b visa in USA. You will find striking similarities and how USA employers,immigration lawyers and lots of other people benefit from it.

[@chintansanghavi4083]

Slaves with golden chains

[@Homer-OJ-Simpson]

No you won’t. There a HUGE differences between the two. Qatar was basically finding ways to trap them in Qatar. Do you work for Beijing or Moscow?

[@Danny_6Handford]

For years now, I have been trying to learn and understand why humans (homo sapiens) regardless of which part of the world they settled after leaving Africa or what type of physical features they developed (White, Black, Brown, Asian, Caucasian etc.) have usually evolved to live and behave in ways that are extremely beneficial to some but be extremely harmful to others. I do not think any other living species on this planet behaves this way. Like all life on earth, humans have had to compete for survival. They also competed for power and for status among themselves often times with little or no regard for human life especially toward others with somewhat different physical features. They have done this by conquering and declaring wars and by killing, torturing, exploiting, oppressing, and enslaving their fellow humans. They also organized themselves in hierarchies such as caste and class systems or political parties and even into criminal gangs and the lower on the hierarchy they are the less rights they have and the more abuse they suffer from the those above them in the hierarchy. Humans were also forced to worshiped and defend Kings and Queens and even supernatural Gods and made to believe that the bad behaviors were justified by these supreme authorities. Progress toward peace, fairness, kindness and wellbeing for all humans has been made over the centuries but, I think for further progress to be made, humans will need to be much more truthful and honest and learn to compete for survival in much more respectful and compassionate ways and for those that like to accumulate as much wealth and power as they can learn how to be a little less greedy. Furthermore, the ideas of laws and justice, democracy an democratically elected governments need to be continuously encouraged and promoted. I try to remain optimistic and it would be fantastic and amazing if the levels of trust among humans can rise to a point where they will no longer need to commit resources to manufacture weapons that can wipe out most of the life on this planet and from there start working towards reducing and eventually stopping the manufacturing of any weapons of war.

[@pullt]

The thing I look at for hope is that the average human today has it far better than the average human hundreds/thousands of years ago. Obviously, you have things like wars/terrorism, sex trafficking and problems distributing food, medical care to many still today, the average person has it far better today.

[@bloodbuddy7]

I agree with you. It is sad how self-involved most people are currently. I try to live by my values, but when I talk to people I know it’s honestly shocking to me how many of them (particularly middle/ upper middle class people) are entirely unconcerned about if their actions feed inequality or are environmentally unsustainable, or contribute to exploitation. As long as people have their job and money and things like that, they literally don’t seem to care how it happens, but will at the same time performatively pay lip service to whatever social movement has fleeting popularity. Just drives me insane how people I know who work for notably corrupt and exploitative banks or corporations are congratulated for it because they can make money, on the other hand if you’re a nurse or teacher people look down on you (!) We have the resources and capability to allow a safe and happy life for most people, but we can’t, because a majority of our society fetishizes being the elite and privileged. They voluntarily compete instead of cooperate, to feed the ego. People actually think they are better than others if they earn more money or have a better passport or more social media clout. It’s just so sad to me. We’re all human beings.

[@ibrahimsuleiman8473]

Yap,like when they hold the world cup in a very Democratic Russia.

[@jstantongood5474]

Kerala. Stress on first syllable.

[@TheRishijoesanu]

I'm from Kerala. My cousins were born and brought up in Qatar. Imho Kafala System is fine as long as they don't confiscate passports and cheat on salary. For Keralites Qatar is a dream. 30% of Kerala's GDP comes from Qatar and other GCC nations.

[@ExploringAngel]

ഖത്തർ ഒരു വിസ്മയം 😂 🇮🇳❤️🇮🇱

[@margaretgreenwood4243]

Is the word Kamala derived from the word Kafir which I understand means non Muslim and is a derisory term?

[@eranger8608]

Qatar has the most progressed "kafala" system so a video on Saudi or UAE system will show a worser image. Also the blame should be split 3 ways. First to the citizens home country for not having an economic plan to provide its people job security. Second is Europe and North America for not accepting these Asian and African people on work permits who then have to go to the middle east who approve there employment and feed there kids back home.

[@dr.fawzikatranji4908]

Now talk about how Europe exploits Africa

[@Gastell0]

Isn't it classic slavery? Modern slavery is labor market in the US

[@mrnoedahl]

Last year 214,000 babies were killed in the UK. What about their human rights?

[@danieleyre8913]

Oh okay now you’re inventing things to justify this evil.

[@mrnoedahl]

@@danieleyre8913 What am I inventing?

[@danieleyre8913]

@@mrnoedahl That 214,000 babies were killed in the UK. Of course no such thing could’ve occurred. The fantasy world some people live in…

[@davidford3115]

@@danieleyre8913 I think he is referring to abortion. It is a stretch, and something of a non-sequitur, but I understand his angle.

[@danieleyre8913]

@@davidford3115 Of course he’s coming from some BS Christian fundamentalist angle that Abortion is “murdering babies” (it of course isn’t). I was hoping he would declare it so I could remind him his bedfellow here are fundamentalist Muslims.

[@aydhinahmed4908]

You need more home work to be done.... lie lie and lie you just copied some west jealousy media report and made video ...can i ask you a question ? what are the criteria to US and European Visa for Asians there are so many things IELTS bla bla bla and too much Tax once we start living there ryt.... i am living in Middle east last 13 years i haven't seen any of these issue here.

[@jstantongood5474]

Sharia doesn't rhyme with Maria Carey The I ain't a diphthong. So, shah Ree ah or Sha ree ah.

[@davidford3115]

Yeah, it irritated me how blatantly bad he mispronounced it. It's not like we in the West has had some 20 odd years of familiarity with the word.

[@iLg25]

You exaggerated you need to work to earn money and not everyone have business

[@DerHimmelIstRot]

Do you have some sort of inside joke whereby you try to pronounce foreign words wrong? I’ve never heard someone pronounce sharia or Bedouin so wrongly before. It makes your videos appear un researched

[@jackiejose4791]

An expatriate Indian here... What he said is true

[@chickenprince841]

Qatar taught Islamophobes a good lesson.

[@ashman8891]

Lol qatar justified islamophobia even more

[@kevinvo6702]

I feel like it is still the same. The worker are still helpless. I am F ing blown that slavery is still exist in world m. Shame to humankind. Shame on the Arab. Thank you for this insight. 👎 with slavery. Shameful people. People using people in this form belong in hell

[@AMMARADHAMI]

SHRAIAAA LOL

[@lalfakzuala2269]

May i not punch you

[@nathanolson3135]

Italian want to know your location

[@AliImran-pv7je]

The way you painted such democracy is the way and only the best way of leadership is shallow, as monarch rules much longer with a much bigger dynasty in history... It is not about the type of leadership, it is about the leader that leads Western should stop directing others to accept their norms of yours and respect other's cultures, traditions, and norms as well

[@jawwadkadli1109]

You people Europeans had not made an easy way to Europe. Just provide us easy access to Europe, then you will not say anything about other countries.

[@mindwalk2007]

There are two sides to every story. These people would not be in Qatar if they did not earn more money than they would in their own countries.

[@TheRishijoesanu]

I'm from Kerala. My cousins were born and brought up in Qatar. Imho Kafala System is fine as long as they don't confiscate passports and cheat on salary. For Keralites Qatar is a dream. 30% of Kerala's GDP comes from Qatar and other GCC nations.

[@davidford3115]

Sad but true story. There is a reason why diaspora populations exist from Filipino to Chinese to Turkish, and everything in between.

[@ashman8891]

those filthy arabs can pay them without abusing them. amazing how so many idiots miss this tiny little detail

[@n2201]

our purchase of Qatari petroleum products is what is fueling their economy. Why not put sanctions on Qatar, Is anyone asking for it?

[@davidford3115]

In other times that would have been an excellent solution. With the war in Ukraine, that is a less viable option.

[@n2201]

@@davidford3115 No, it's never an option. We just give lip service to all issues.

[@ashman8891]

geopolitical realities

[@aliah1732]

This is exaggerated too much. If Qatar was a Western country such hates would not have surfaced. Homosexuality is banned all over the world except some western countries so why single out Qatar??

[@bokshil]

Not to downplay the labor conditions in Qatar but the kafala system is no secret so why would anyone work there… even if they need a job why not go to Europe or USA as they apply human rights to the point they changed the genders that God created… I am very disappointed on Visual Politics channel as I thought it reports the truth.. apparently it is bais as I couldn’t find a positive thing mentioned about Qatar in this video… however if we look at actual footage from the people who went there for world cup its all genuinely positive..

[@danieleyre8913]

Europe and the USA have standards & have immigration controls plus the locals aren’t too lazy to do this work.

[@bokshil]

@@danieleyre8913 you still didn’t proof me wrong… did I disputed the situation in Qatar no..did I say USA or Europe don’t have standards no…all I said is that these workers still choose to work under the Kafala system.. nobody is forcing them to take such job offers…also coming to the west I think Westerners should earn your attention as they are suffering this winter from gas prices however we don’t see anyone addressing this issue in the media …

[@bokshil]

Also Qatar locals population is very small… it has nothing to do with laziness… as there is a lot of money vs small population.. there is basically no incentive to take these jobs

[@danieleyre8913]

@@bokshil Prove _what_ wrong?! You remarked that workers chose to go to Qatar over Europe and the USA and I explained why. But hey the fact you mentioned people who had a positive experience at the World Cup (as though that’s anything to make any note of) or something about “god” (which we both know doesn’t exist) assigning genders already indicated that you’re an idiot.

[@danieleyre8913]

@@bokshil It has everything to do with laziness and greed. They could’ve used the revenues from natural gas to slowly build up,a country and have a proper balanced society where local people didn’t mind doing physical work. But nope, they’re too stupid for that, instead they just used it to spoil themselves. One day it will all come crashing down.

[@khatian6350]

I live how haters are still crying.

[@Hunger388]

Is not the way you think people are dying for opportunities to come to Qatar and you are saying about slavery there's no slavery this is just islam phobia. Stop.

[@ashman8891]

people are dying after coming to qatar and being abused by qataris. islamophobia is a weak excuse

[@oiulti6900]

American minimum is also, quite low. None the less the diaspora of deaths in the migrant workers… was for all fields of work, not just workers working on the World Cup, the numbers is of all immigrant workers, in the whole country. When that’s put into the rhetoric, that makes the decade long employee death rates seem very minimal and normal. As far as I know, everything about the World Cup, was a success at Qatar.

[@JamielDeAbrew]

Rank countries by workplace death per population (including non-citizens workers). Qatar is not high in that ranking. The countries low ranking makes the country look uncivilised. Just as you can’t get a Ferrari for free, you also can’t get the reputation of being a good country without paying the higher costs of goods/services that come with increased worker safety. Sometimes not everything can be afforded. If the country’s leaders sacrificed some luxury, they would increase their genuine respect. (And no, fear is not genuine respect) Someone

[@ashman8891]

Name one LEGITIMATE company in the US that enslaves migrant workers by housing them in dorms without proper toilets or food, takes away their passports, doesn't pay their salaries on time and forces them to work in extreme temperatures without adequate protection. Yes, companies like amazon do abuse their employees and need to be punished but we're talking about an entire country abusing its blue collar workforce not one company

[@ahmednab2165]

kafala system is good system which benefits everyone , only europium and Americans are jealous

[@mansour9790]

Shariah..... Sister of Shakira

[@robertcarlosllenarizas7987]

THAT'S OUR PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPINE REPUBLIC.... PRESIDENT RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE... PRRD....

[@sul6ans]

There's plenty of exaggerations and half truths in this coverage. Still Qatar and the gulf nations have provided millions of poor workers the oppourtunity for better lifes in their own countries. The money transfers to their countries and the oppourtunities that provides is probably much better than any and all of the things done by the western world in those poor regions.

[@haroon-pw8ky]

BRING SIMON BACK !

[@SilentTraveller21]

He won't come back, he made a bunch of his own channels

[@Dommy521]

@@SilentTraveller21 they're not related to this?

[@swazzercool9060]

Hasn’t he been gone for 2 years now?

[@combatwombat_25]

I missed Simon too but he's got so much of his own shit going.

[@SilentTraveller21]

@@Dommy521 no, but check out his channels, they are also awesome

[@saviomarius7654]

First person to comment and view

[@BlueSkyedCountry]

Qatar owns UK’s electricity, food supply, and many more economic sectors.

[@mikewinter]

TRYING matters. Qatar is trying to enact change for the better, I think the optics of the WC were excellent for Qatar. A lot of negative media that never materialized. Sounds like they are going in the right direction and setting an example. Nothing happens immediately. I wish them the best because if they can do it right then everyone better off (and honestly Qatar will probably attract the best workers because they have better conditions and that will lead to better results, etc)

[@peanuts675]

so three months later, the world cup is over and you guys are no longer concerned about slavery any more 🤣🤣🤣

[@yasinasanyo5712]

Need more work in the reforms....by wanting to change company,I lost my residence permit and deported..

[@lionheart.5983]

Woi pole aki. Nini ilihapen??

[@yasinasanyo5712]

@@lionheart.5983 simple,got offer letter,needed an NOC to join the new company,which I was denied,next thing I was booked a night flight back to my country at 2am,so as not to report to the labour ministry.....I needed to change because of the perks that the new company offered,,and from their history,they are way stable...just home jobless,,need work

[@lionheart.5983]

@@yasinasanyo5712 aki awa waarabu shiet! Bado wanafanyaga blood test?

[@yasinasanyo5712]

Hio ni mandatory...bytha mkuu..kama kuna connection za job..Kenya au nje,please niconnect..any job na stima,dere, waiter, supervisor,butcher..any

[@lionheart.5983]

@@yasinasanyo5712 mi sina job aki. Mi nlikuwa nataka kuenda qatar but nko + sa sjai enda

[@menumlor9432]

It's ok the slaves paid their dues.. .with their lives.

[@محمدأحمد-ظ1ع8خ]

You got paid well for this video

[@Lo2y]

Nasty 🤮

[@user-jw7im9nj2j]

You CAN NOT DO THE NAZI SALUT in Europe so respect the rule of the QATAR AND THE WORKERS GO THERE BY THEIR OWN FREE WELL

[@ashman8891]

go back to 1933 germany and do the nazi salute as much as you want until the soviets hang you by your balls in 1945 berlin. you'd deserve it

[@user-jw7im9nj2j]

@@ashman8891 every place has it rules and culture we must respect them

[@ashman8891]

@@user-jw7im9nj2j So slavery should be an accepted "rule" in qatar?

[@maxpower9445]

🤑

[@I.____.....__...__]

Nobody forced them to go there; maybe if they hadn't overpopulated their own countries, they wouldn't have to leave to go take other countries' jobs. 🤷

[@jacobali4088]

Shria 😂 dumb reporting.

[@tengkualiff]

Remember when The Onion made a satire video about a migrant latino worker building a stadium by himself? I wonder where that stereotype came from. I guess no one else dies from building things outside of Qatar. I guess 'slave labour' is accepted everywhere else, unless you are a muslim country.

[@danieleyre8913]

No. Migrant workers in any western country still have more rights and can earn higher wages than the slaves in Qatar do. They have the legal right to ask for more money, leave their job, not work if they are not feeling up to the job, etc.

[@davidford3115]

Nobody believed the Iraqi Olympic Stadium built by slave labour under Saddam was a good thing.

[@ashman8891]

Not today in the west unless you're wiling to ignore the presence of an entire hemisphere

[@thejamaican67]

I didn’t find this article interesting, but given the amount of expats working in Qatar UAE and this can go on out there. They all seem happy enough and never raised the issue about what was happening to other people because they were making money. Now during the World Cup, it’s raised. How old is that? Don’t get me wrong, I’m not at all saying there isn’t a problem in Qatar but it’s funny how expats eyeliner pocket scene was going on and not saying anything for years and then now all of a sudden there’s an issue like it wasn’t there before I find it hypocritical

[@arslanrauf3641]

And another point would never be mentioned. Middleeast had no problems on this scale before europeans arrived. US had no enemies in the region before invention of israel. Keep living in this shell

[@davidford3115]

Wow, chronological snobbery is strong with you. No problems with slavery and human rights abuses? Have you not heard of the Arab Slave trade? No enemies before Israel? Have your forgotten the Western Power's Mesopotamia Campaign of 1917? How about the American presence in Iran in 1942, running supplies to the Soviets via Persia? Keep parroting anti-West hatred.

[@The_Midnight_Bear]

Middle East has been heavily involved in slave trade since the 700's. Vikings were kidnapping people for markets in Baghdad.

[@arslanrauf3641]

@@The_Midnight_Bear read the comment again. I said on this scale. Please do some research before making any more points. its hilarious how u jumped the time scale😂😂

[@The_Midnight_Bear]

@@arslanrauf3641 Arab slave trade was massive, so scale is not an issue.

[@arslanrauf3641]

@@The_Midnight_Bear read ur own comment again.