‘We’re cheated, first in India, then in Qatar’: how World Cup workers are deceived

In India and Nepal, agents and middlemen charge up to £1,000 in illegal fees to recruit workers for World Cup 2022A group of young men jump to attention as Vishnukanth Thapar nonchalantly sweeps past to open the front door of the Career Wings travel agency. Seconds after stepping into a shabby, ground-floor office he stops at a wooden shrine adorned with Hindu deities, bowing his head and joining his hands to pay obeisance before the day’s work begins. There is a lot to be thankful f