Workers on visas, many of them waiting years for green cards, now face having to leave the country unless they get hired within 60 days.
Tag: Foreign Workers
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At Qatar’s Church City, Sunday Comes on Friday
In a nation deeply rooted in Islam, worshipers from other faiths find community in a government-sanctioned island of Christianity on the outskirts of Doha.
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An Agonizing Wait for a Migrant Worker’s Final Journey Home
The inequality and vulnerability that laborers from places like Nepal face overseas also stalk them in death, when dreams evaporate.
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Qatar’s Big Bet on the World Cup
How a tiny nation ended up hosting the single largest sporting event on the planet — and at what cost.
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A Mural Celebrated Migrant Workers. When the World Cup Began, It Was Gone.
A mosaic of photographs once decorated Qatar’s showpiece stadium in Lusail. Now a V.I.P. entrance sits beside the spot.