FILE PHOTO: Migrant workers walk at Labor City, Qatar, January 13, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
DOHA (Reuters) - An Arab embargo on Qatar is inflicting pain on foreign migrant workers struggling amid an oil slump and disruption of deliveries for large construction projects linked to the 2022 soccer World Cup.
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) imposed sanctions on fellow U.S. ally Qatar in June and cut all transport links with the country, accusing it of supporting terrorism, a charge Doha denies.
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