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Qatar World Cup workers pay recruitment fees, work 18-hour days - report

* Report commissioned by 2022 organising committee * Recruitment fees up to $3,800 paid in home countries * Qatar 2022 chief says will deal with issues promptly By Tom Finn DOHA, Apr 5 (Reuters) Hundreds of Asian workers pay recruitment fees for jobs building World Cup stadiums in Qatar and some end up working for nearly five months without a day of rest, according to an investigation funded by the Gulf state's World Cup organising body.
Conditions for workers from India, Nepal and Bangladesh powering a $200 billion infrastructure upgrade for the 2022 World Cup have come under scrutiny from rights groups who say migrants live in squalor and work without proper access to water and shelter.

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