The extent of the risks faced by migrant construction workers building the infrastructure for the 2022 World Cup in
Qatar has been laid bare by official documents revealing that 185 Nepalese men died last year alone.
The 2013 death toll, which is expected to rise as new cases come to light, is likely to spark fresh concern over the treatment of migrant workers in Qatar and increase the pressure on
Fifa to force meaningful change. According to the documents the total number of verified deaths among workers from
Nepal – just one of several countries that supply hundreds of thousands of migrant workers to the gas-rich state – is now at least 382 in two years alone. At least 36 of those deaths were registered in the weeks following the global outcry after the
Guardian's original revelations in September.