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FIFA president Sepp Blatter to quiz Qatar over deaths of migrant workers
FIFA president Sepp Blatter is to visit 2022 World Cup venue Qatar to express concerns over the treatment of migrant workers.
Blatter will meet Qatar’s new emir and discuss the country’s moves to improve conditions after an investigation revealed dozens of Nepalese workers have died in Qatar.
He said: “I will touch on the working conditions in that country but we can’t be the ones who can change it.
“It is a responsibility not only for Qatar but for the construction companies, and there are many European companies working there. We cannot turn a blind eye but we cannot make a direct intervention, but the Qatar government have confirmed they will do so.”
Blatter has also announced the first step in a process which could lead to the 2022 World Cup moving to the winter because of the heat. No decision on dates will be made until the end of next year – and perhaps not until 2015. The Premier League has welcomed the developments.