![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/thousands-booted-out-of-homes-in-qatar-for-world-cup-to-make-way-for-fans/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/newspress-collage-20259378-1666995947525.jpg&description=THOUSANDS of people have been chucked out of their homes in Qatar with just two hours notice - in the same areas where Brit football fans will stay during the World Cup. More than a dozen buildings had been evacuated and shut down by authorities, forcing foreign workers out onto the streets. Workers have been chucked out of their homes just weeks before the World Cup The news comes amid a human rights row in the Islamic state Most were in neighbourhoods where the government has rented buildings for World Cup fan accommodation where supports will fork out up to nearly £400 a night. The move comes less than four weeks before the start of the global footie tournament - which has drawn intense international scrutiny of Qatar's treatment of foreign workers. Occupants of one building, which housed 1,200 people in Doha's Al Mansoura district, were given just two hours notice before they had to leave on Wednesday, Reuters reports. Cops later returned and forced everyone out before locking the doors to the building. Some men had not been able to return in time to collect their belongings. One man explained they have nowhere to go as he prepared to sleep out for a second night with around 10 other men, some of them shirtless. He and most other workers declined to give their names or personal details for fear of reprisals from the authorities or employers. Nearby, five men were loading a mattress and a small fridge into the back of a pickup truck. They said they had found a room in Sumaysimah, about 25 miles north of Doha. A Qatari government official said the evictions are unrelated to the World Cup and were designed "in line with ongoing comprehensive and long-term plans to re-organise areas of Doha". They added: "All have since been rehoused in safe and appropriate accommodation." They added that requests to vacate "would have been conducted with proper notice". World soccer's governing body FIFA did not respond to a request for comment and Qatar's World Cup organisers dire){kind=link}
THOUSANDS of people have been chucked out of their homes in Qatar with just two hours notice – in the same areas where Brit football fans will stay during the World Cup.
More than a dozen buildings had been evacuated and shut down by authorities, forcing foreign workers out onto the streets.
Most were in neighbourhoods where the government has rented buildings for World Cup fan accommodation where supports will fork out up to nearly £400 a night.
The move comes less than four weeks before the start of the global footie tournament – which has drawn intense international scrutiny of Qatar’s treatment of foreign workers.
Occupants of one building, which housed 1,200 people in Doha’s Al Mansoura district, were given just two hours notice before they had to leave on Wednesday, Reuters reports.