FIFA has given Saudi Arabia the responsibility to host the World Cup in 2034, 10 years from now. Just as Nepal's interests and concerns were linked in the previous World Cup held in Qatar, it is certain that the interests of Nepal will be directly linked in the World Cup in Saudi Arabia.

Because 13.4 million migrant workers including 4 million Nepalis are employed in Saudi Arabia. Today's prosperity of Saudi Arabia has been built on the foundation of sweat of workers including millions of Nepalis. Because the share of immigrants in the total population of Saudi is 42 percent.

Saudi Arabia has taken the World Cup to be held after 10 years as an ambitious project. Because this World Cup is linked to the 2030 goal of Saudi Arabia's ruling prince Mohammed bin Salman to transform Saudi Arabia into a "global investment center".

It is planned to build 11 large stadiums in Saudi Arabia for the World Cup. Likewise, the Saudi government has the goal of building 185 hotel rooms, airports, roads, and modern infrastructure including railways.

It is certain that the sweat of migrant workers will be mixed in all the physical infrastructure that the Saudi government will build for the World Cup. Therefore, just as the issue of the rights of migrant workers, including Nepalis, was raised in Qatar before the World Cup, it is certain that the same will be repeated in the case of Saudi Arabia. 

Saudi Arabia is considered one of the countries with the strictest rule of law in the Arab world. And the labor practices it embraces are universally criticized. In 2010, FIFA was strongly criticized for giving the responsibility of organizing the 2022 World Cup without ensuring the rights and rights of workers working in Qatar. The same criticism is sure to be repeated in the case of Saudi. 

According to the reports of Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Equidem, Fair Scare and other organizations working in the field of international human rights, the Saudi government is systematically failing to stop the exploitation of migrant workers and provide compensation. Nepalese workers are also falling victim to such failure for years. 

The most criticized subject of the Saudi government is the sponsorship system. Not only that, after workers enter Saudi Arabia as workers, the employer's permission is considered mandatory for them to return home. In some cases, if the employer does not give permission, the workers are forced to work as bonded laborers, facing severe labor exploitation. The problem of workers not liking the employer, wanting to leave, and having to return home in an emergency is a serious problem in Saudi Arabia. And according to your skills and abilities, you need a release paper to find a company . Due to this arrangement, workers cannot change companies whenever they want. 

The Saudi government has not set a minimum wage for migrant workers. The minimum salary specified at the time of hiring the workers and the salary coming into the account is different . The Saudi government has also been criticized for not providing proper wages and service facilities to employers and for forcing them to bear all the costs of going to Saudi Arabia for work. 

It costs 12,000 riyals to make a residential identity card for a worker in Saudi Arabia. Employers try to hire workers without ID to avoid high fees. And such practice has increased the risk even more. 

It doesn't seem that the government has taken any action against the employers who don't produce identity cards.  The government does not ask the employer company why it is notifying that the laborer has run away. On the contrary, it is customary to deport undocumented workers from the country.

The laborers who have been typed, not typed, who have not made an identity card and who have not renewed it, have to struggle a lot to get an exit visa . It seems not only difficult but impossible for unpaid workers to sit in the company's camp and fight a case against the company . The workers are forced to find a ticket by themselves leaving behind the arrears of salary and compensation just to return home. 

There are many stories of the suffering of workers in Saudi Arabia. The most important issue is workers' compensation. The latest report of the international human rights organization Human Rights Watch has shown that the dead workers and their families are not getting compensation. The story of the suffering of the workers in Saudi Arabia is not the only one. If the workers die, it takes at least a month to bring the body. While the bodies of workers arrive from other labor destinations within a week. Saudi Arabia is also criticized on this issue. 

According to the Foreign Employment Board, 3,793 Nepalis died in Saudi Arabia in the last 16 years. Due to the lack of 24-hour insurance facility, the number of families who will receive compensation is not even 200. After years of efforts by the Nepali Embassy, ​​only about 100 people got compensation out of at least 700 accidents at the workplace through Gosi Bima.