Municipal employees and safety guards moved into about 12 buildings late on Wednesday to clear and lock them, in response to native residents, lower than 4 weeks earlier than the event that kicks off on November 20.
The federal government stated the buildings have been “uninhabitable”, correct discover was given, and that different “protected and applicable lodging” had been discovered for all evictees.
The affected space, largely round Al-Mansoura, has been massively redeveloped lately and a few World Cup followers will keep in residences in that district, the place dozens of mechanical diggers are parked within the streets.
Within the early hours of Saturday, Yunus, a Bangladeshi driver, slept on the again of his flat-bed truck on a road in Al Mansoura, three nights after being compelled out of 1 block.
“The primary evening it was chaos and there was not sufficient room for everybody to go to different locations,” he stated.
In any case, “this truck is my life and I can’t go away it till I’ve someplace the place I can park it” close to the brand new lodging, he added.
The South Asian supervisor of a 24-hour retailer in Al Mansoura, who advised AFP he noticed evictions from two buildings, stated many of the employees paid no lease and had no leases.
Migrants — dominated by an inflow from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal, the Philippines and African nations together with Kenya and Uganda — make up greater than 80 p.c of Qatar’s 2.8 million inhabitants.
Qatar has confronted intense scrutiny over the remedy of international labourers who constructed many of the shiny new stadiums and transport infrastructure for the World Cup.
The energy-rich state has been criticised over deaths, accidents and unpaid wages.
Worldwide unions say there was a drastic enchancment in situations lately and Qatar has highlighted its reforms, however rights teams say extra have to be carried out.
