Soccer-Nepali groups urge FIFA to 'make things right' for migrant workers

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 - FIFA Legends Event - Hyatt Regency Oryx Doha, Doha, Qatar - December 11, 2022 FIFA president Gianni Infantino during the FIFA Legends Event REUTERS/Paul Childs

(Reuters) - More than three dozen Nepali civil society groups on Thursday called on FIFA President Gianni Infantino to "stop looking the other way" while migrant workers are denied compensation after having "suffered abuses in Qatar", Amnesty International said.

The 2022 World Cup host nation, where foreigners make up the majority of the 2.9 million population, has faced intense criticism from human rights groups over its treatment of migrant workers.