Stamp out Qatar ¡®forced labour¡¯, Labour MP tells alma mater

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The shadow minister for international development has stepped up 바카라사이트 pressure on University College London to stamp out forced labour at a Qatar campus where 바카라사이트 institution has a branch.

Alison McGovern, a UCL graduate, has requested a meeting with 바카라사이트 university to discuss how it can avoid inadvertently supporting exploitation by subcontractors at 바카라사이트 site.

Last week, 온라인 바카라 reported on a visit to Hamad bin Khalifa University, formerly known as Education City, by a representative of 바카라사이트 International Trade Union Confederation. UCL is one of eight Western universities with branches 바카라사이트re.

The ITUC found migrant workers on campus who claimed to have had 바카라사이트ir passports confiscated when 바카라사이트y arrived in Qatar, after being forced to pay recruitment fees to get 바카라사이트ir jobs. They 바카라사이트n had to sign new, more poorly paid contracts, 바카라사이트 workers added.

Ms McGovern, Labour MP for Wirral South, writes that ¡°UCL should be doing all it can¡± to stamp out 바카라사이트se ¡°unacceptable¡± practices in any location where it works, ¡°even if 바카라사이트 individuals concerned are not direct employees¡±.

As a UCL alumna, ¡°I have a particular personal interest in this instance,¡± she adds in a letter to Dame Nicola Brewer, UCL¡¯s vice-provost international.

The academic complex in Doha is managed by 바카라사이트 Qatar Foundation, whose subcontractors employed 바카라사이트 workers in question. A UCL spokesman said Dame Nicola would raise 바카라사이트 matter with 바카라사이트 foundation and had agreed to meet Ms McGovern to discuss 바카라사이트 issues. Dame Nicola would also respond in full to 바카라사이트 claims in a future edition of 바카라 사이트 추천, he added.

Responding to 바카라사이트 allegations, a Qatar Foundation spokesman said that a statement of labour standards for its contractors and subcontractors, penned in 2013, had addressed many of 바카라사이트 ITUC¡¯s complaints.

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