サッカースウェーデン代表、カタール合宿中止　労働者の人権問題で

【ストックホルムＡＦＰ＝時事】スウェーデンサッカー協会（ＳｖＦＦ）は８日、２０２２年Ｗ杯カタール大会の準備に関わる移民労働者の人権問題に懸念を示し、代表チームが同国で来年１月に予定していた合宿を中止すると発表した。（写真は資料写真）
　７日にＳｖＦＦと同国クラブの間で話し合いが行われ、今回の決定が下された。
　スウェーデンを含む北欧諸国は国際サッカー連盟（ＦＩＦＡ）に対し、カタールにおける移民労働者の待遇改善を先頭に立って呼びかけてきた。
　同国１部リーグの強豪ＡＩＫソルナのロバート・ファルック会長は以前、同国テレビ局ＴＶ４でカタール合宿について聞かれた際、「ばかげている」とコメントしていた。
　大会の開幕が来年に迫る中、カタールにおける労働者の待遇をめぐる問題がたびたび取り上げられており、ドイツなど欧州各国が抗議している。
　国際人権団体アムネスティ・インターナショナルは８月下旬、外国人労働者が多数死亡しているにもかかわらず原因が解明されていないとして、カタールにさらなる調査を行うよう求めていた。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2021/09/10-13:39）

Sweden Football Association (SVFF) said on Wednesday they had pulled put of January's training camp in Qatar due to concerns over migrant workers rights involved in the preparations for the 2022 World Cup.
The decision to withdraw came after discussions between the SVFF and Swedish domestic outfits late on Tuesday.
It is clear there is a consensus among the clubs against organising this camp in Qatar, SVFF president Hakan Sjostrand said in a statement.
The January camp is sportingly important to us and we will work to ensure that it can take place elsewhere next year.
Sweden and their fellow Nordic countries have been at the forefront of a campaign to pressure FIFA into obtaining better conditions for migrant workers in Qatar.
Robert Falck, president of Swedish giants AIK Stockholm, had labelled the proposed trip as idiotic when asked about it on Swedish TV channel TV4.
As next year's global football showpiece approaches, Qatar has repeatedly come under the spotlight over worker welfare issues, including the death rate, prompting protests from European sides including Germany.
In late August, Amnesty International called on Qatar to do more to investigate worker deaths, alleging a string of labourer fatalities had gone unexplained.
It was this report that sparked Sjostrand and his fellow heads of the Nordic country federations to send a letter to FIFA on September 1 to bring pressure to bear on the Qatari leaders.
Norway had even threatened to boycott the finals but at an extraordinary congress in June they threw out that option by a large majority.
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