FIFA urged to publish its review into issues affecting World Cup migrant workers in Qatar

FIFA is facing fresh calls to take "urgent and concrete action" to remedy abuse suffered by World Cup migrant workers in Qatar.

Football's world governing body has been urged by human rights group Amnesty International to publish a review it began in March of whether existing remedies were sufficient.

A workers' representative quoted in a new Amnesty report, A Legacy In Jeopardy, said: "FIFA talked a lot before the World Cup about workers' welfare, but now, a year after, nothing has happened - it was all talk."

Amnesty said the outcome of the review was unclear at the time of the report's writing, but that FIFA had indicated it would be published in the near future.

"If FIFA is to prove its critics wrong, it should publish the findings of its review and commit to take urgent and concrete action to ensure access to remedy for victims," the report said.

The report also set out some of the abuse suffered by migrant workers during last year's finals and highlighted what Amnesty says is a continued failure by the Qatari government to fully implement and enforce labour reforms introduced in 2017.

According to research by the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRRC) based on the experiences of 73 World Cup migrant workers and quoted in the Amnesty report, all had paid recruitment fees ranging from 164 US dollars (€151) and 4,670 US dollars (€4,303), with almost two-thirds taking out loans to do so.

The report found most then discovered the jobs were not what they had been promised, while some had overtime pay withheld and were unable to raise grievances without fear of reprisal.

The report also highlights evidence that although 'No Objection Certificates' - which required a worker to obtain permission from their current