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FIFA president Gianni Infantino has been criticized for comments referencing African migrants dying at sea when talking about the reforms to football’s calendar.
World football’s governing body has put forward plans which include staging a World Cup every two years.
Infantino claims that more regular World Cups can help give some countries optimism, although his remarks have been criticized.
“We need to give people opportunity and dignity,” Infantino remarked.
“Allowing the rest of the world to participate, rather than giving charity. We must instill hope in Africans so that they do not feel compelled to traverse the Mediterranean in search of a better life, but more likely death at sea.”
According to data acquired by the Missing Migrants Project, more than 23,000 people have gone missing as a result of attempting to cross the Mediterranean.
Infantino later clarified that his statements were “misinterpreted.”
“I’d like to explain that my more general message in my speech was that everyone in a position of decision-making has a responsibility to help better the situation of people around the world,” he said.
“My colleagues at Human Rights Watch interview refugees around the world pretty much every day,” Andrew Stroehlein, media director at Human Rights Watch, tweeted. The dates of World Cup tournaments are never mentioned.”
“FIFA is a multi-billion profit-making organization,” Kick It Out CEO Tony Burnett said in response to Infantino’s remarks. They already have the resources to invest in generating and inspiring opportunities for the world’s poor.
“It is also utterly wrong to claim that a biennial World Cup, which is primarily designed to increase FIFA’s earnings, could be a solution for migrants who risk their lives to seek a better life, sometimes leaving war-torn nations.”
UEFA, Europe’s major leagues, and CONMEBOL, the governing body of South American football, have all spoken out against a biennial World Cup, while CAF, Africa’s regulatory body, has backed it.
Switching the hosting of football’s largest international competition would earn £3.3 billion in more money during a four-year cycle, according to FIFA delegates.
Vincent Paul
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