Foreign workers given just hours’ notice as buildings emptied in areas where fans will stay
A worker walks through the site of Caravan City, an area that will host fans during the World Cup in Doha, Qatar. (AFP Photo)
DOHA: Qatar has emptied apartment blocks housing thousands of foreign workers in the same areas in the centre of the capital Doha where visiting football fans will stay during the World Cup, evicted workers have told Reuters.
They said more than a dozen buildings had been emptied and shut down by authorities, forcing the mainly Asian and African workers to seek whatever shelter they could — including bedding down on the pavement outside one of their former homes.
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