“Qatar, the sites of scandal”: without remains or compensation, the impossible mourning of families

It was December 2, 2010. In his hands, the president of Fifa, Sepp Blatter, holds in front of the camera a small piece of paper on which is written “Qatar”. A very small country has just obtained the right to organize the biggest sporting event, the Football World Cup. Since then, twelve years have passed and with a lot of controversy: to prepare for its World Cup and its multiple construction sites – stadiums, metro, infrastructure – Qatar has employed thousands of immigrant workers in terrible conditions. A few days before kick-off, Le Parisien looks in five episodes at these “construction sites of shame”.