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Labour City, Qatar

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Labour City is a newly opened migrant camp for foreign workers in Qatar. Located on the outskirts of Doha, it is designed to hold 68,640 people. Qatar, responding to intense international criticism over mistreatment of migrant workers constructing facilities for the upcoming 2022 FIFA World Cup, built the camp for an estimated €750 million. It includes multiple facilities, namely a 17,000-seat theatre, commercial centres, markets, four cinemas, a cricket field, two police stations, two mosques, a medical centre and a dedicated maintenance building. The city accommodation phase consists of 55 buildings (G+2). Each building has 312 rooms (24 sqm each), six dining halls, six kitchens and six laundry rooms. There is a very high degree of surveillance and security, which both benefits the workers yet undermines their private lives. Despite the accommodation and amenities it brings, Labour City has been criticised to be part of a broader urban planning strategy to segregate Qatar's low-income workforce from the general population and away from established residential areas in a forced-gentrification fashion.

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Labour City, Qatar
Jery Bu Esh Street,

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Jery Bu Esh Street

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