FIFA president Blatter signals mounting pressure on Qatar to tackle migrant worker problems

Blatter meets Sheikh Tamim

By James M. Dorsey

A warning by world soccer body FIFA president Sepp Blatter following talks this weekend with Qatari emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani that Qatar needs to do more to improve the working and living conditions of its migrant workers is the latest signal that Qatar will have to take substantive step…