There are many reasons Qatar should not have been awarded the staging of the World Cup, such as the allegations of corruption and the weather, but I'm coning round to the conclusion that it's record on human rights and its treatment of migrant workers isn't one of them.
When you think about it, which has done more to highlight the plight of gay people and migrant workers in Qatar - not having the World Cup there and no-one talking about it, or having it there, everyone talking about it and the Qatari government feeling acute embarrassment? There's no denying that changes to Qatari law, albeit small, have been made in respect of workers' rights.
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