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The Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs guaranteed that the health insurance situation of the employees assigned to the Embassy of Portugal in Qatar “is already being regularized”. As for the employees destined to strengthen human resources for the 2022 World Cup, the ministry says that the workers have health insurance.
This Monday, the Union of Consular Workers, Diplomatic Missions and Central Services of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs denounced that there are three Portuguese employees being “exploited” in Qatar, without social security or health insurance. “What is in the media, which has been appearing in the international media and even in the Portuguese, that the workers from Sri Lanka, from India, are there and are exploited and have no health insurance, no right to retire, our workers. , three of whom are there, also do not have health insurance or retirement insurance, ”he said.
Union accuses the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs of having workers in Qatar without conditions
In response to the accusation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs says that “the assessment of professionals in the governmental area of Foreign Relations is in the spotlight. “The ministry will continue the work it has been doing, already with results, in favor of the appreciation of professionals to perform functions in Diplomatic Missions and Consular Offices throughout the world,” he guarantees.
Source: Observadora
