As soccer fans around the globe tune into the first World Cup held in the Middle East, migrant workers and human rights groups are calling attention to the true human cost of the controversial tournament. Millions of migrants from East Africa, South Asia and Southeast Asia have flocked to the small Gulf country for work since FIFA chose Qatar as the site of the World Cup in 2010. Many say they've been injured, robbed of wages, subjected to forced labor and more to make the games possible. Some have even died. Data from workers' home countries suggests more than 6,500 migrants from India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka died in Qatar between 2010 and 2020, a widely-circulated report from The Guardian last year found. Click the link in our bio to learn more about the deaths in Qatar. #worldcup #qatar2022