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Migrant workers dumped on the streets in Doha

Doha, Qatar:  Expelled from housing in a Doha district undergoing modernisation, scores of migrant workers have been left homeless, some of them left to sleep on the streets of energy-rich Qatar's capital.

The Gulf state has been under international pressure to clamp down on violations of the rights of migrant workers, who are mostly Asians,as Doha embarks on massive projects before it hosts the FIFA World Cup in 2022.

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