© Narendra Shrestha/EPA/Shutterstock Migrant worker Tika Ram Tharu (r) and Anil Chaudhary (l) arrive along with a red coffin containing the body of their friend Buddiram Tharu, 42, at the International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal on 18 December 2013. Buddiram went to Qatar in June 2012 as a migrant worker and died on 8 December 2013 after a heart attack. © Narendra Shrestha/EPA/Shutterstock LABOUR ABUSE AND EXPLOITATION IN QATAR For many years, Amnesty International has documented and exposed the labour abuse and exploitation of low-paid migrant workers in the country. 1. Unpaid wages Wage theft is one of the most common abuses faced by migrant workers. Amnesty International alone has documented cases involving thousands of workers who have not been paid their salary and benefits, or have been underpaid, for months and even years at a time. Having often taken out high-interest loans to pay costly and illegal recruitment fees, such delays can be devastating for workers, particularly when they are supporting not only themselves but families in their home countries. 2. Unexplained deaths of migrant workers